#C4B135#C4B135

#C4B135 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.140 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B135
RGB	rgb(196, 177, 53)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.85, -6.71, 62.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.85, 62.53, 96.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% -0.0249 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.14 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.1315, 43.4389, 9.6908)
Luminance	0.4344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B135 #3548C4

analogous

#C46A35 #C4B135 #90C435

triadic

#C4B135 #35C4B1 #B135C4

tetradic

#C4B135 #35C46A #3548C4 #C43590

square

#C4B135 #35C46A #3548C4 #C43590

split-complementary

#C4B135 #3590C4 #6A35C4

monochromatic

#645A1B #948528 #C4B135 #D4C562 #E1D792

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C4B135 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#C4B135 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B135

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B135	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B135	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b135;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 177, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.140 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac775',
    500: '#c4b135',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b135;
$custom-light: #dac775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b135",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.028,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75507,
    "c": 0.13958,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B135

secondary

#8891CC

accent

#5CE147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B135

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

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