#C4BA3D#C4BA3D

#C4BA3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.142 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BA3D
RGB	rgb(196, 186, 61)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 68.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.31, -10.97, 61.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.31, 62.54, 100.10°)
OKLab	oklab(77.48% -0.0361 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(77.48% 0.142 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.1678, 47.1921, 11.3544)
Luminance	0.4719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BA3D #3D47C4

analogous

#C4773D #C4BA3D #8AC43D

triadic

#C4BA3D #3DC4BA #BA3DC4

tetradic

#C4BA3D #3DC477 #3D47C4 #C43D8A

square

#C4BA3D #3DC477 #3D47C4 #C43D8A

split-complementary

#C4BA3D #3D8AC4 #773DC4

monochromatic

#67621F #968E2E #C4BA3D #D2CB6C #E1DB9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#C4BA3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#C4BA3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BA3D

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BA3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BA3D	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)

#CAB42A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ba3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 186, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.142 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ce7a',
    500: '#c4ba3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ba3d;
$custom-light: #d9ce7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ba3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77479,
    "c": 0.14218,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BA3D

secondary

#9095CD

accent

#56DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BA3D

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

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