#C4B74A#C4B74A

#C4B74A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.130 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B74A
RGB	rgb(196, 183, 74)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 62.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.61, -8.65, 55.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.61, 56.14, 98.87°)
OKLab	oklab(76.95% -0.0281 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(76.95% 0.13 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.9360, 46.0987, 13.2189)
Luminance	0.4610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B74A #4A57C4

analogous

#C47A4A #C4B74A #94C44A

triadic

#C4B74A #4AC4B7 #B74AC4

tetradic

#C4B74A #4AC47A #4A57C4 #C44A94

square

#C4B74A #4AC47A #4A57C4 #C44A94

split-complementary

#C4B74A #4A94C4 #7A4AC4

monochromatic

#6F6724 #9D9233 #C4B74A #D3C978 #E2DCA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#C4B74A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#C4B74A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B74A

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B74A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B74A	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B13D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2ABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b74a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 183, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.130 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cc81',
    500: '#c4b74a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b74a;
$custom-light: #d9cc81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b74a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.607,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76953,
    "c": 0.12974,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B74A

secondary

#9BA0CF

accent

#5CDA4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B74A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →