#C4B43D#C4B43D

#C4B43D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.137 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B43D
RGB	rgb(196, 180, 61)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 68.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.71, -7.87, 59.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.71, 60.47, 97.48°)
OKLab	oklab(76.2% -0.0274 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(76.2% 0.137 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.9302, 44.7169, 10.9419)
Luminance	0.4471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B43D #3D4DC4

analogous

#C4703D #C4B43D #90C43D

triadic

#C4B43D #3DC4B4 #B43DC4

tetradic

#C4B43D #3DC470 #3D4DC4 #C43D90

square

#C4B43D #3DC470 #3D4DC4 #C43D90

split-complementary

#C4B43D #3D90C4 #703DC4

monochromatic

#675F1F #968A2E #C4B43D #D2C66C #E1D89B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C4B43D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#C4B43D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B43D

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B43D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B43D	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)

#C4AF2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b43d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 180, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.137 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ca79',
    500: '#c4b43d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b43d;
$custom-light: #d9ca79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b43d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.889,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76201,
    "c": 0.13685,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B43D

secondary

#9097CD

accent

#5CDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B43D

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

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