#C4B23D#C4B23D

#C4B23D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.135 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B23D
RGB	rgb(196, 178, 61)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 68.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.17, -6.83, 59.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.17, 59.81, 96.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% -0.0244 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.135 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.5294, 43.9153, 10.8083)
Luminance	0.4391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B23D #3D4FC4

analogous

#C46E3D #C4B23D #92C43D

triadic

#C4B23D #3DC4B2 #B23DC4

tetradic

#C4B23D #3DC46E #3D4FC4 #C43D92

square

#C4B23D #3DC46E #3D4FC4 #C43D92

split-complementary

#C4B23D #3D92C4 #6E3DC4

monochromatic

#675E1F #96882E #C4B23D #D2C56C #E1D79B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C4B23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#C4B23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B23D

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B23D	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)

#C3AD2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 178, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.135 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c879',
    500: '#c4b23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b23d;
$custom-light: #d9c879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75778,
    "c": 0.13517,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B23D

secondary

#9098CD

accent

#5EDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B23D

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

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