#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
RGB	rgb(196, 181, 61)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 68.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.97, -8.39, 60.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.97, 60.81, 97.93°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% -0.0288 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.138 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.1328, 45.1221, 11.0094)
Luminance	0.4512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

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
##C4B53D	1.00	2.09	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.09	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)

#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

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

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