#C4B443#C4B443

#C4B443 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.133 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B443
RGB	rgb(196, 180, 67)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 65.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.75, -7.53, 57.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.75, 58.04, 97.46°)
OKLab	oklab(76.25% -0.0257 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(76.25% 0.133 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.1010, 44.7852, 11.8412)
Luminance	0.4478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B443 #4353C4

analogous

#C47443 #C4B443 #94C443

triadic

#C4B443 #43C4B4 #B443C4

tetradic

#C4B443 #43C474 #4353C4 #C44394

square

#C4B443 #43C474 #4353C4 #C44394

split-complementary

#C4B443 #4394C4 #7443C4

monochromatic

#6B6222 #9A8D30 #C4B443 #D3C772 #E1D9A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C4B443 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#C4B443 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B443

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B443	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B443	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b443;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 180, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.133 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ca7d',
    500: '#c4b443',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b443;
$custom-light: #d9ca7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b443",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.558,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76252,
    "c": 0.13253,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B443

secondary

#959CCE

accent

#5EDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B443

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

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