#C4B43B#C4B43B

#C4B43B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.138 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B43B
RGB	rgb(196, 180, 59)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 69.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.69, -7.98, 60.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.69, 61.25, 97.48°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% -0.0279 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.138 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.8774, 44.6958, 10.6635)
Luminance	0.4469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B43B #3B4BC4

analogous

#C4703B #C4B43B #8FC43B

triadic

#C4B43B #3BC4B4 #B43BC4

tetradic

#C4B43B #3BC470 #3B4BC4 #C43B8F

square

#C4B43B #3BC470 #3B4BC4 #C43B8F

split-complementary

#C4B43B #3B8FC4 #703BC4

monochromatic

#665E1F #95892D #C4B43B #D2C66A #E0D899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C4B43B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#C4B43B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B43B

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B43B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B43B	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b43b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 180, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.138 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ca78',
    500: '#c4b43b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b43b;
$custom-light: #d9ca78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b43b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.993,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76186,
    "c": 0.13821,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B43B

secondary

#8F96CC

accent

#5CDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B43B

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

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