#C4BA42#C4BA42

#C4BA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.139 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BA42
RGB	rgb(196, 186, 66)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.35, -10.70, 59.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.35, 60.58, 100.17°)
OKLab	oklab(77.52% -0.0348 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(77.52% 0.139 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.3088, 47.2485, 12.0971)
Luminance	0.4725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BA42 #424CC4

analogous

#C47942 #C4BA42 #8DC442

triadic

#C4BA42 #42C4BA #BA42C4

tetradic

#C4BA42 #42C479 #424CC4 #C4428D

square

#C4BA42 #42C479 #424CC4 #C4428D

split-complementary

#C4BA42 #428DC4 #7942C4

monochromatic

#6A6521 #999130 #C4BA42 #D3CB71 #E1DC9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#C4BA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#C4BA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BA42

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BA42	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)

#CAB432

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ba42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 186, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.139 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ce7d',
    500: '#c4ba42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ba42;
$custom-light: #d9ce7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ba42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77519,
    "c": 0.13868,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BA42

secondary

#9499CE

accent

#57DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BA42

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

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