#C4B83C#C4B83C

#C4B83C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.141 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B83C
RGB	rgb(196, 184, 60)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 69.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.77, -10.00, 61.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.77, 62.22, 99.24°)
OKLab	oklab(77.04% -0.0335 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(77.04% 0.141 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.7227, 46.3446, 11.0744)
Luminance	0.4634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B83C #3C48C4

analogous

#C4743C #C4B83C #8CC43C

triadic

#C4B83C #3CC4B8 #B83CC4

tetradic

#C4B83C #3CC474 #3C48C4 #C43C8C

square

#C4B83C #3CC474 #3C48C4 #C43C8C

split-complementary

#C4B83C #3C8CC4 #743CC4

monochromatic

#67601F #968C2D #C4B83C #D2C96B #E0DA9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#C4B83C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#C4B83C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B83C

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B83C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B83C	1.00	2.05	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B229

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3AB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b83c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 184, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.141 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cd79',
    500: '#c4b83c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b83c;
$custom-light: #d9cd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b83c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.706,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77044,
    "c": 0.14103,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B83C

secondary

#9095CC

accent

#58DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B83C

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

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