#C4B43C#C4B43C

#C4B43C 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	#C4B43C
RGB	rgb(196, 180, 60)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 69.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.70, -7.93, 60.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.70, 60.86, 97.48°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% -0.0276 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.138 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.9036, 44.7063, 10.8014)
Luminance	0.4471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B43C #3C4CC4

analogous

#C4703C #C4B43C #90C43C

triadic

#C4B43C #3CC4B4 #B43CC4

tetradic

#C4B43C #3CC470 #3C4CC4 #C43C90

square

#C4B43C #3CC470 #3C4CC4 #C43C90

split-complementary

#C4B43C #3C90C4 #703CC4

monochromatic

#675E1F #96892D #C4B43C #D2C66B #E0D89A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C4B43C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#C4B43C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B43C

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B43C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B43C	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)

#C5AF2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b43c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 180, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.138 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ca79',
    500: '#c4b43c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b43c;
$custom-light: #d9ca79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b43c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76193,
    "c": 0.13754,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B43C

secondary

#9097CC

accent

#5CDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B43C

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

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