#C4B53C#C4B53C

#C4B53C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.138 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B53C
RGB	rgb(196, 181, 60)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 69.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.97, -8.45, 60.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.97, 61.20, 97.93°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% -0.0291 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.138 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.1062, 45.1115, 10.8689)
Luminance	0.4511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B53C #3C4BC4

analogous

#C4713C #C4B53C #8FC43C

triadic

#C4B53C #3CC4B5 #B53CC4

tetradic

#C4B53C #3CC471 #3C4BC4 #C43C8F

square

#C4B53C #3CC471 #3C4BC4 #C43C8F

split-complementary

#C4B53C #3C8FC4 #713CC4

monochromatic

#675F1F #968A2D #C4B53C #D2C76B #E0D99A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C4B53C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#C4B53C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B53C

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B53C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B53C	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)

#C5AF2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b53c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 181, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.138 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ca79',
    500: '#c4b53c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b53c;
$custom-light: #d9ca79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b53c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.382,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76406,
    "c": 0.1384,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B53C

secondary

#9096CC

accent

#5BDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B53C

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

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