#C4B142#C4B142

#C4B142 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.131 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B142
RGB	rgb(196, 177, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.94, -6.03, 57.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.94, 57.45, 96.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.0216 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.131 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.4722, 43.5752, 11.4849)
Luminance	0.4357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B142 #4255C4

analogous

#C47042 #C4B142 #96C442

triadic

#C4B142 #42C4B1 #B142C4

tetradic

#C4B142 #42C470 #4255C4 #C44296

square

#C4B142 #42C470 #4255C4 #C44296

split-complementary

#C4B142 #4296C4 #7042C4

monochromatic

#6A6021 #998A30 #C4B142 #D3C471 #E1D79F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C4B142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#C4B142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B142

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B142	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)

#C1AC34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 177, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.131 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c87c',
    500: '#c4b142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b142;
$custom-light: #d9c87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.231,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75609,
    "c": 0.13074,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B142

secondary

#949DCE

accent

#61DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B142

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

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