#C4B139#C4B139

#C4B139 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.137 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B139
RGB	rgb(196, 177, 57)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 70.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, -6.52, 60.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 61.04, 96.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% -0.0239 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.137 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.2274, 43.4773, 10.1958)
Luminance	0.4348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B139 #394CC4

analogous

#C46C39 #C4B139 #91C439

triadic

#C4B139 #39C4B1 #B139C4

tetradic

#C4B139 #39C46C #394CC4 #C43991

square

#C4B139 #39C46C #394CC4 #C43991

split-complementary

#C4B139 #3991C4 #6C39C4

monochromatic

#655B1D #95862B #C4B139 #D3C467 #E1D797

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C4B139 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#C4B139 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B139

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B139	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B139	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b139;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 177, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.137 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac877',
    500: '#c4b139',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b139;
$custom-light: #dac877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b139",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.799,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75536,
    "c": 0.13706,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B139

secondary

#8D95CC

accent

#5EDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B139

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

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