#C4B138#C4B138

#C4B138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.138 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B138
RGB	rgb(196, 177, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, -6.57, 61.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 61.42, 96.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% -0.0242 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.138 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.2027, 43.4674, 10.0657)
Luminance	0.4347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B138 #384BC4

analogous

#C46B38 #C4B138 #91C438

triadic

#C4B138 #38C4B1 #B138C4

tetradic

#C4B138 #38C46B #384BC4 #C43891

square

#C4B138 #38C46B #384BC4 #C43891

split-complementary

#C4B138 #3891C4 #6B38C4

monochromatic

#655B1D #94862A #C4B138 #D3C466 #E1D796

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C4B138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#C4B138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B138

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B138	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)

#C2AC25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 177, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.138 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac776',
    500: '#c4b138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b138;
$custom-light: #dac776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.857,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75528,
    "c": 0.1377,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B138

secondary

#8C94CC

accent

#5DDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B138

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

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