#C4B83D#C4B83D

#C4B83D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.140 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B83D
RGB	rgb(196, 184, 61)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 68.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.78, -9.94, 61.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.78, 61.84, 99.25°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% -0.0332 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.14 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.7494, 46.3553, 11.2150)
Luminance	0.4635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B83D #3D49C4

analogous

#C4753D #C4B83D #8CC43D

triadic

#C4B83D #3DC4B8 #B83DC4

tetradic

#C4B83D #3DC475 #3D49C4 #C43D8C

square

#C4B83D #3DC475 #3D49C4 #C43D8C

split-complementary

#C4B83D #3D8CC4 #753DC4

monochromatic

#67611F #968D2E #C4B83D #D2C96C #E1DA9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#C4B83D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#C4B83D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B83D

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B83D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B83D	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	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)

#C8B22B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2AB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b83d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 184, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.140 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cd7a',
    500: '#c4b83d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b83d;
$custom-light: #d9cd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b83d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.667,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77052,
    "c": 0.14036,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B83D

secondary

#9096CD

accent

#58DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B83D

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

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