#C4B43F#C4B43F

#C4B43F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.135 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B43F
RGB	rgb(196, 180, 63)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 67.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.72, -7.76, 59.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.72, 59.68, 97.48°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% -0.0268 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.135 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.9851, 44.7389, 11.2309)
Luminance	0.4474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B43F #3F4FC4

analogous

#C4713F #C4B43F #91C43F

triadic

#C4B43F #3FC4B4 #B43FC4

tetradic

#C4B43F #3FC471 #3F4FC4 #C43F91

square

#C4B43F #3FC471 #3F4FC4 #C43F91

split-complementary

#C4B43F #3F91C4 #713FC4

monochromatic

#686020 #978B2E #C4B43F #D2C66E #E1D99D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C4B43F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#C4B43F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B43F

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B43F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B43F	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)

#C4AF2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b43f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 180, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.135 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ca7a',
    500: '#c4b43f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b43f;
$custom-light: #d9ca7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b43f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.782,
    "s": 52.988,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76217,
    "c": 0.13546,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B43F

secondary

#9299CD

accent

#5DDC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B43F

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

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