#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
RGB	rgb(196, 181, 58)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 70.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.95, -8.55, 61.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.95, 61.96, 97.93°)
OKLab	oklab(76.39% -0.0296 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(76.39% 0.14 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.0543, 45.0907, 10.5957)
Luminance	0.4509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##C4B53A	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

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.

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