#C4B53B#C4B53B

#C4B53B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.139 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C4B53B
RGBrgb(196, 181, 59)
HSLhsl(53, 54%, 50%)
HSVhsv(53, 70%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 7.7%, 69.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(72.96, -8.50, 60.99)
CIE-LCHlch(72.96, 61.58, 97.93°)
OKLaboklab(76.4% -0.0293 0.1359)
OKLCHoklch(76.4% 0.139 102.2)
XYZxyz(40.0800, 45.1010, 10.7310)
Luminance0.4510 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C4B53B #3B4AC4
analogous
#C4713B #C4B53B #8EC43B
triadic
#C4B53B #3BC4B5 #B53BC4
tetradic
#C4B53B #3BC471 #3B4AC4 #C43B8E
square
#C4B53B #3BC471 #3B4AC4 #C43B8E
split-complementary
#C4B53B #3B8EC4 #713BC4
monochromatic
#665E1F #958A2D #C4B53B #D2C76A #E0D999

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10
#C4B53B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02
#C4B53B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B53B
10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C4B53B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C4B53B1.002.1010.0210.02
#FFFFFF2.101.0021.0021.00
#00000010.0221.001.001.00
##00000010.0221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C5AF28
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CAB643
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D3A89D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c4b53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 181, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.139 102.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ca78',
    500: '#c4b53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c4b53b;
$custom-light: #d9ca78;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c4b53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.431,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76398,
    "c": 0.13907,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C4B53B
secondary
#8F95CC
accent
#5BDD4B
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FBF8EE
border
#D4D1C9
text
#151309
muted
#83827B

Preview Lab

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#C4B53B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva