#C4B23A#C4B23A

#C4B23A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.137 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B23A
RGB	rgb(196, 178, 58)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 70.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.15, -6.99, 60.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.15, 60.98, 96.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.0252 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.137 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.4509, 43.8838, 10.3946)
Luminance	0.4388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B23A #3A4CC4

analogous

#C46D3A #C4B23A #91C43A

triadic

#C4B23A #3AC4B2 #B23AC4

tetradic

#C4B23A #3AC46D #3A4CC4 #C43A91

square

#C4B23A #3AC46D #3A4CC4 #C43A91

split-complementary

#C4B23A #3A91C4 #6D3AC4

monochromatic

#665C1E #95872C #C4B23A #D3C569 #E0D798

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C4B23A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#C4B23A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B23A

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B23A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B23A	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b23a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 178, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.137 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c878',
    500: '#c4b23a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b23a;
$custom-light: #d9c878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b23a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75755,
    "c": 0.13721,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B23A

secondary

#8E96CC

accent

#5DDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B23A

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

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