#C4B72E#C4B72E

#C4B72E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.149 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B72E
RGB	rgb(196, 183, 46)
HSL	hsl(55, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 76.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.42, -10.12, 66.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.42, 66.83, 98.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% -0.0352 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.149 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.1934, 45.8017, 9.3077)
Luminance	0.4580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B72E #2E3BC4

analogous

#C46C2E #C4B72E #86C42E

triadic

#C4B72E #2EC4B7 #B72EC4

tetradic

#C4B72E #2EC46C #2E3BC4 #C42E86

square

#C4B72E #2EC46C #2E3BC4 #C42E86

split-complementary

#C4B72E #2E86C4 #6C2EC4

monochromatic

#615A17 #928922 #C4B72E #D8CD58 #E3DC89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C4B72E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#C4B72E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B72E

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B72E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B72E	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)

#C8B10C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB739

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3AA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b72e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 183, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.149 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacc72',
    500: '#c4b72e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b72e;
$custom-light: #dacc72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b72e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.8,
    "s": 61.983,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76738,
    "c": 0.14852,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B72E

secondary

#8187CD

accent

#51E543

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B72E

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

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