#C4B53D#C4B53D

#C4B53D 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#C4B53D
RGBrgb(196, 181, 61)
HSLhsl(53, 53%, 50%)
HSVhsv(53, 69%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 7.7%, 68.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(72.97, -8.39, 60.23)
CIE-LCHlch(72.97, 60.81, 97.93°)
OKLaboklab(76.41% -0.0288 0.1347)
OKLCHoklch(76.41% 0.138 102.1)
XYZxyz(40.1328, 45.1221, 11.0094)
Luminance0.4512 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C4B53D #3D4CC4
analogous
#C4713D #C4B53D #90C43D
triadic
#C4B53D #3DC4B5 #B53DC4
tetradic
#C4B53D #3DC471 #3D4CC4 #C43D90
square
#C4B53D #3DC471 #3D4CC4 #C43D90
split-complementary
#C4B53D #3D90C4 #713DC4
monochromatic
#675F1F #968B2E #C4B53D #D2C76C #E1D99B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09
#C4B53D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02
#C4B53D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B53D
10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C4B53D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C4B53D1.002.0910.0210.02
#FFFFFF2.091.0021.0021.00
#00000010.0221.001.001.00
##00000010.0221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C5AF2C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CAB644
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D3A89D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c4b53d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 181, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.138 102.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ca79',
    500: '#c4b53d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c4b53d;
$custom-light: #d9ca79;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c4b53d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76413,
    "c": 0.13771,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C4B53D
secondary
#9097CD
accent
#5BDD4B
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FBF8EE
border
#D4D1C9
text
#15130A
muted
#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B53D

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#C4B53D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva