#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
RGBrgb(196, 180, 61)
HSLhsl(53, 53%, 50%)
HSVhsv(53, 69%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 8.2%, 68.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(72.71, -7.87, 59.96)
CIE-LCHlch(72.71, 60.47, 97.48°)
OKLaboklab(76.2% -0.0274 0.1341)
OKLCHoklch(76.2% 0.137 101.5)
XYZxyz(39.9302, 44.7169, 10.9419)
Luminance0.4471 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##C4B43D1.002.119.949.94
#FFFFFF2.111.0021.0021.00
#0000009.9421.001.001.00
##0000009.9421.001.001.00

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

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#C4B43D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva