#C4B13E#C4B13E

#C4B13E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.134 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B13E
RGB	rgb(196, 177, 62)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 68.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.91, -6.25, 58.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.91, 59.08, 96.08°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% -0.0227 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.134 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.3584, 43.5296, 10.8854)
Luminance	0.4353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B13E #3E51C4

analogous

#C46E3E #C4B13E #94C43E

triadic

#C4B13E #3EC4B1 #B13EC4

tetradic

#C4B13E #3EC46E #3E51C4 #C43E94

square

#C4B13E #3EC46E #3E51C4 #C43E94

split-complementary

#C4B13E #3E94C4 #6E3EC4

monochromatic

#685E20 #97882E #C4B13E #D2C46D #E1D79C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C4B13E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#C4B13E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B13E

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B13E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B13E	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b13e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 177, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.134 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c87a',
    500: '#c4b13e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b13e;
$custom-light: #d9c87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b13e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.493,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75575,
    "c": 0.13365,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B13E

secondary

#919ACD

accent

#60DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B13E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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