#C4B63E#C4B63E

#C4B63E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.138 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B63E
RGB	rgb(196, 182, 62)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 68.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.25, -8.86, 60.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.25, 60.76, 98.38°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% -0.03 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.138 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.3641, 45.5411, 11.2207)
Luminance	0.4554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B63E #3E4CC4

analogous

#C4733E #C4B63E #8FC43E

triadic

#C4B63E #3EC4B6 #B63EC4

tetradic

#C4B63E #3EC473 #3E4CC4 #C43E8F

square

#C4B63E #3EC473 #3E4CC4 #C43E8F

split-complementary

#C4B63E #3E8FC4 #733EC4

monochromatic

#686020 #978C2E #C4B63E #D2C86D #E1D99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C4B63E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#C4B63E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B63E

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B63E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B63E	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B02D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b63e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 182, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.138 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cb7a',
    500: '#c4b63e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b63e;
$custom-light: #d9cb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b63e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.731,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76634,
    "c": 0.13789,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B63E

secondary

#9197CD

accent

#5ADD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B63E

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

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