#C4BA41#C4BA41

#C4BA41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.139 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BA41
RGB	rgb(196, 186, 65)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 66.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.34, -10.75, 60.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.34, 60.98, 100.16°)
OKLab	oklab(77.51% -0.0351 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(77.51% 0.139 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.2796, 47.2368, 11.9432)
Luminance	0.4723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BA41 #414BC4

analogous

#C47841 #C4BA41 #8CC441

triadic

#C4BA41 #41C4BA #BA41C4

tetradic

#C4BA41 #41C478 #414BC4 #C4418C

square

#C4BA41 #41C478 #414BC4 #C4418C

split-complementary

#C4BA41 #418CC4 #7841C4

monochromatic

#6A6421 #98902F #C4BA41 #D3CB70 #E1DC9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#C4BA41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#C4BA41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BA41

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BA41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BA41	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ba41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 186, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.139 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ce7c',
    500: '#c4ba41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ba41;
$custom-light: #d9ce7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ba41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.42,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77511,
    "c": 0.13939,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BA41

secondary

#9398CD

accent

#57DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BA41

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

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