#C4B653#C4B653

#C4B653 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.121 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B653
RGB	rgb(196, 182, 83)
HSL	hsl(53, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 57.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.43, -7.50, 51.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.43, 51.75, 98.33°)
OKLab	oklab(76.83% -0.0238 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(76.83% 0.121 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.0557, 45.8178, 14.8630)
Luminance	0.4582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B653 #5361C4

analogous

#C47D53 #C4B653 #9AC453

triadic

#C4B653 #53C4B6 #B653C4

tetradic

#C4B653 #53C47D #5361C4 #C4539A

square

#C4B653 #53C47D #5361C4 #C4539A

split-complementary

#C4B653 #539AC4 #7D53C4

monochromatic

#756B28 #A29538 #C4B653 #D4C981 #E3DDAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C4B653 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#C4B653 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B653

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B653	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B653	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2ABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b653;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 182, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.121 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cb87',
    500: '#c4b653',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b653;
$custom-light: #d8cb87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b653",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.566,
    "s": 48.918,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76835,
    "c": 0.12111,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B653

secondary

#A2A7D1

accent

#60D84F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B653

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

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