#C4B140#C4B140

#C4B140 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.132 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B140
RGB	rgb(196, 177, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.93, -6.14, 57.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.93, 58.27, 96.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% -0.0221 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.132 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.4142, 43.5520, 11.1798)
Luminance	0.4355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B140 #4053C4

analogous

#C46F40 #C4B140 #95C440

triadic

#C4B140 #40C4B1 #B140C4

tetradic

#C4B140 #40C46F #4053C4 #C44095

square

#C4B140 #40C46F #4053C4 #C44095

split-complementary

#C4B140 #4095C4 #6F40C4

monochromatic

#695F20 #98892F #C4B140 #D2C46F #E1D79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C4B140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#C4B140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B140

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B140	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 177, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.132 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c87b',
    500: '#c4b140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b140;
$custom-light: #d9c87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.364,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75592,
    "c": 0.13222,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B140

secondary

#939BCD

accent

#60DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B140

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

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