#C4B43E#C4B43E

#C4B43E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.136 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B43E
RGB	rgb(196, 180, 62)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 68.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.71, -7.82, 59.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.71, 60.08, 97.48°)
OKLab	oklab(76.21% -0.0271 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(76.21% 0.136 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.9574, 44.7278, 11.0851)
Luminance	0.4473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B43E #3E4EC4

analogous

#C4713E #C4B43E #91C43E

triadic

#C4B43E #3EC4B4 #B43EC4

tetradic

#C4B43E #3EC471 #3E4EC4 #C43E91

square

#C4B43E #3EC471 #3E4EC4 #C43E91

split-complementary

#C4B43E #3E91C4 #713EC4

monochromatic

#685F20 #978A2E #C4B43E #D2C66D #E1D89C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C4B43E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#C4B43E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B43E

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B43E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B43E	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b43e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 180, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.136 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ca7a',
    500: '#c4b43e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b43e;
$custom-light: #d9ca7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b43e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.836,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76209,
    "c": 0.13617,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B43E

secondary

#9198CD

accent

#5DDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B43E

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

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