#C4B53A#C4B53A

#C4B53A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.140 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C4B53A
RGBrgb(196, 181, 58)
HSLhsl(53, 54%, 50%)
HSVhsv(53, 70%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 7.7%, 70.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(72.95, -8.55, 61.37)
CIE-LCHlch(72.95, 61.96, 97.93°)
OKLaboklab(76.39% -0.0296 0.1366)
OKLCHoklch(76.39% 0.14 102.2)
XYZxyz(40.0543, 45.0907, 10.5957)
Luminance0.4509 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C4B53A #3A49C4
analogous
#C4703A #C4B53A #8EC43A
triadic
#C4B53A #3AC4B5 #B53AC4
tetradic
#C4B53A #3AC470 #3A49C4 #C43A8E
square
#C4B53A #3AC470 #3A49C4 #C43A8E
split-complementary
#C4B53A #3A8EC4 #703AC4
monochromatic
#665E1E #95892C #C4B53A #D3C769 #E0D998

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10
#C4B53A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02
#C4B53A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B53A
10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C4B53A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C4B53A1.002.1010.0210.02
#FFFFFF2.101.0021.0021.00
#00000010.0221.001.001.00
##00000010.0221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C6AF27
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CAB642
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D3A89D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c4b53a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 181, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.140 102.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ca78',
    500: '#c4b53a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c4b53a;
$custom-light: #d9ca78;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c4b53a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.478,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7639,
    "c": 0.13973,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C4B53A
secondary
#8E94CC
accent
#5ADE4A
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FBF8EE
border
#D4D1C9
text
#151309
muted
#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B53A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →

#C4B53A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva