#C4BA3C#C4BA3C

#C4BA3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.143 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BA3C
RGB	rgb(196, 186, 60)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 69.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.31, -11.02, 61.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.31, 62.92, 100.09°)
OKLab	oklab(77.47% -0.0364 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(77.47% 0.143 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.1411, 47.1814, 11.2139)
Luminance	0.4718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BA3C #3C46C4

analogous

#C4763C #C4BA3C #8AC43C

triadic

#C4BA3C #3CC4BA #BA3CC4

tetradic

#C4BA3C #3CC476 #3C46C4 #C43C8A

square

#C4BA3C #3CC476 #3C46C4 #C43C8A

split-complementary

#C4BA3C #3C8AC4 #763CC4

monochromatic

#67611F #968E2D #C4BA3C #D2CB6B #E0DB9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#C4BA3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#C4BA3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BA3C

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BA3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BA3C	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2ADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ba3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 186, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.143 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ce79',
    500: '#c4ba3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ba3c;
$custom-light: #d9ce79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ba3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.588,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77471,
    "c": 0.14284,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BA3C

secondary

#9094CC

accent

#56DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BA3C

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

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