#C4BA49#C4BA49

#C4BA49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.133 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BA49
RGB	rgb(196, 186, 73)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 62.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.40, -10.27, 56.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.40, 57.68, 100.25°)
OKLab	oklab(77.58% -0.0328 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(77.58% 0.133 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.5280, 47.3361, 13.2513)
Luminance	0.4733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BA49 #4953C4

analogous

#C47C49 #C4BA49 #90C449

triadic

#C4BA49 #49C4BA #BA49C4

tetradic

#C4BA49 #49C47C #4953C4 #C44990

square

#C4BA49 #49C47C #4953C4 #C44990

split-complementary

#C4BA49 #4990C4 #7C49C4

monochromatic

#6F6924 #9D9433 #C4BA49 #D3CC77 #E2DDA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#C4BA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#C4BA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BA49

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BA49	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B43B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2AEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ba49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 186, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.133 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ce81',
    500: '#c4ba49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ba49;
$custom-light: #d9ce81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ba49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.122,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77581,
    "c": 0.13335,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BA49

secondary

#9A9ECF

accent

#59DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BA49

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

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