#C4B042#C4B042

#C4B042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.130 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B042
RGB	rgb(196, 176, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.68, -5.50, 56.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.68, 57.12, 95.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.4% -0.0201 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(75.4% 0.13 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.2754, 43.1816, 11.4193)
Luminance	0.4318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B042 #4256C4

analogous

#C46F42 #C4B042 #97C442

triadic

#C4B042 #42C4B0 #B042C4

tetradic

#C4B042 #42C46F #4256C4 #C44297

square

#C4B042 #42C46F #4256C4 #C44297

split-complementary

#C4B042 #4297C4 #6F42C4

monochromatic

#6A5F21 #998930 #C4B042 #D3C371 #E1D79F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C4B042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#C4B042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B042

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B042	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AC34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 176, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.130 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c77c',
    500: '#c4b042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b042;
$custom-light: #d9c77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75398,
    "c": 0.12993,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B042

secondary

#949DCE

accent

#62DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B042

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

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