#C4B23F#C4B23F

#C4B23F 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 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B23F
RGB	rgb(196, 178, 63)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 67.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.19, -6.72, 58.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.19, 59.01, 96.54°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.0239 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.134 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.5843, 43.9372, 11.0973)
Luminance	0.4394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B23F #3F51C4

analogous

#C46F3F #C4B23F #93C43F

triadic

#C4B23F #3FC4B2 #B23FC4

tetradic

#C4B23F #3FC46F #3F51C4 #C43F93

square

#C4B23F #3FC46F #3F51C4 #C43F93

split-complementary

#C4B23F #3F93C4 #6F3FC4

monochromatic

#685F20 #97892E #C4B23F #D2C56E #E1D89D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C4B23F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#C4B23F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B23F

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B23F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B23F	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b23f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 178, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.134 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c87a',
    500: '#c4b23f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b23f;
$custom-light: #d9c87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b23f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.88,
    "s": 52.988,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75794,
    "c": 0.13377,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B23F

secondary

#929ACD

accent

#5FDC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B23F

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

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