#C4B23B#C4B23B

#C4B23B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.137 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B23B
RGB	rgb(196, 178, 59)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 69.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.16, -6.94, 60.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.16, 60.59, 96.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.0249 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.137 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.4765, 43.8941, 10.5299)
Luminance	0.4389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B23B #3B4DC4

analogous

#C46E3B #C4B23B #91C43B

triadic

#C4B23B #3BC4B2 #B23BC4

tetradic

#C4B23B #3BC46E #3B4DC4 #C43B91

square

#C4B23B #3BC46E #3B4DC4 #C43B91

split-complementary

#C4B23B #3B91C4 #6E3BC4

monochromatic

#665D1F #95872D #C4B23B #D2C46A #E0D799

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C4B23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#C4B23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B23B

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B23B	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)

#C3AD29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 178, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.137 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c878',
    500: '#c4b23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b23b;
$custom-light: #d9c878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.117,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75762,
    "c": 0.13655,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B23B

secondary

#8F97CC

accent

#5EDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B23B

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

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