#C4B23E#C4B23E

#C4B23E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.134 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B23E
RGB	rgb(196, 178, 62)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 68.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, -6.78, 59.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 59.41, 96.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.0241 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.134 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.5566, 43.9261, 10.9515)
Luminance	0.4392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B23E #3E50C4

analogous

#C46F3E #C4B23E #93C43E

triadic

#C4B23E #3EC4B2 #B23EC4

tetradic

#C4B23E #3EC46F #3E50C4 #C43E93

square

#C4B23E #3EC46F #3E50C4 #C43E93

split-complementary

#C4B23E #3E93C4 #6F3EC4

monochromatic

#685E20 #97892E #C4B23E #D2C56D #E1D79C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C4B23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#C4B23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B23E

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B23E	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)

#C3AD2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 178, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.134 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c87a',
    500: '#c4b23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b23e;
$custom-light: #d9c87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.94,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75786,
    "c": 0.13448,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B23E

secondary

#9199CD

accent

#5FDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B23E

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

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