#C4B72B#C4B72B

#C4B72B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.150 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B72B
RGB	rgb(196, 183, 43)
HSL	hsl(55, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 78.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.40, -10.23, 67.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.40, 67.77, 98.68°)
OKLab	oklab(76.72% -0.0358 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(76.72% 0.15 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.1363, 45.7789, 9.0071)
Luminance	0.4578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B72B #2B38C4

analogous

#C46B2B #C4B72B #85C42B

triadic

#C4B72B #2BC4B7 #B72BC4

tetradic

#C4B72B #2BC46B #2B38C4 #C42B85

square

#C4B72B #2BC46B #2B38C4 #C42B85

split-complementary

#C4B72B #2B85C4 #6B2BC4

monochromatic

#605915 #928820 #C4B72B #D9CE53 #E4DC85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C4B72B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#C4B72B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B72B

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B72B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B72B	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)

#C8B102

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3AA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b72b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 183, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.150 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacc71',
    500: '#c4b72b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b72b;
$custom-light: #dacc71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b72b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.902,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76721,
    "c": 0.15004,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B72B

secondary

#7D84CE

accent

#4FE741

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B72B

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

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