#C4BA3F#C4BA3F

#C4BA3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.141 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BA3F
RGB	rgb(196, 186, 63)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 67.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.33, -10.86, 60.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.33, 61.77, 100.13°)
OKLab	oklab(77.5% -0.0356 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(77.5% 0.141 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.2227, 47.2140, 11.6435)
Luminance	0.4721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BA3F #3F49C4

analogous

#C4773F #C4BA3F #8BC43F

triadic

#C4BA3F #3FC4BA #BA3FC4

tetradic

#C4BA3F #3FC477 #3F49C4 #C43F8B

square

#C4BA3F #3FC477 #3F49C4 #C43F8B

split-complementary

#C4BA3F #3F8BC4 #773FC4

monochromatic

#686320 #978F2E #C4BA3F #D2CB6E #E1DC9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#C4BA3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#C4BA3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BA3F

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BA3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BA3F	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)

#CAB42D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ba3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 186, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.141 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ce7b',
    500: '#c4ba3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ba3f;
$custom-light: #d9ce7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ba3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.489,
    "s": 52.988,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77495,
    "c": 0.1408,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BA3F

secondary

#9296CD

accent

#56DC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BA3F

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

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