#C4B040#C4B040

#C4B040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.131 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B040
RGB	rgb(196, 176, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.66, -5.62, 57.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.66, 57.95, 95.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% -0.0206 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.131 99)
XYZ	xyz(39.2175, 43.1584, 11.1142)
Luminance	0.4316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B040 #4054C4

analogous

#C46E40 #C4B040 #96C440

triadic

#C4B040 #40C4B0 #B040C4

tetradic

#C4B040 #40C46E #4054C4 #C44096

square

#C4B040 #40C46E #4054C4 #C44096

split-complementary

#C4B040 #4096C4 #6E40C4

monochromatic

#695E20 #98882F #C4B040 #D2C36F #E1D79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C4B040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#C4B040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B040

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B040	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 176, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.131 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c77b',
    500: '#c4b040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b040;
$custom-light: #d9c77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75381,
    "c": 0.13141,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.43157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B040

secondary

#939CCD

accent

#61DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B040

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

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