#C4B243#C4B243

#C4B243 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.131 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B243
RGB	rgb(196, 178, 67)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 65.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, -6.49, 57.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 57.36, 96.50°)
OKLab	oklab(75.83% -0.0228 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(75.83% 0.131 100)
XYZ	xyz(39.7002, 43.9836, 11.7076)
Luminance	0.4398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B243 #4355C4

analogous

#C47243 #C4B243 #96C443

triadic

#C4B243 #43C4B2 #B243C4

tetradic

#C4B243 #43C472 #4355C4 #C44396

square

#C4B243 #43C472 #4355C4 #C44396

split-complementary

#C4B243 #4396C4 #7243C4

monochromatic

#6B6122 #9A8B30 #C4B243 #D3C572 #E1D8A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C4B243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#C4B243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B243

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B243	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 178, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.131 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c87d',
    500: '#c4b243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b243;
$custom-light: #d9c87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.628,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75829,
    "c": 0.13083,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.43982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B243

secondary

#959DCE

accent

#60DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B243

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

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