#C4B53E#C4B53E

#C4B53E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.137 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B53E
RGB	rgb(196, 181, 62)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 68.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.98, -8.34, 59.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.98, 60.41, 97.93°)
OKLab	oklab(76.42% -0.0286 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(76.42% 0.137 102)
XYZ	xyz(40.1600, 45.1330, 11.1526)
Luminance	0.4513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B53E #3E4DC4

analogous

#C4723E #C4B53E #90C43E

triadic

#C4B53E #3EC4B5 #B53EC4

tetradic

#C4B53E #3EC472 #3E4DC4 #C43E90

square

#C4B53E #3EC472 #3E4DC4 #C43E90

split-complementary

#C4B53E #3E90C4 #723EC4

monochromatic

#686020 #978B2E #C4B53E #D2C76D #E1D99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C4B53E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#C4B53E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B53E

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B53E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B53E	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b53e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 181, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.137 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ca7a',
    500: '#c4b53e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b53e;
$custom-light: #d9ca7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b53e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.284,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76421,
    "c": 0.13702,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.45131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B53E

secondary

#9198CD

accent

#5BDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B53E

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

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