#C4B235#C4B235

#C4B235 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.140 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B235
RGB	rgb(196, 178, 53)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, -7.23, 62.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 62.85, 96.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% -0.0264 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.14 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.3298, 43.8354, 9.7569)
Luminance	0.4383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B235 #3547C4

analogous

#C46B35 #C4B235 #8FC435

triadic

#C4B235 #35C4B2 #B235C4

tetradic

#C4B235 #35C46B #3547C4 #C4358F

square

#C4B235 #35C46B #3547C4 #C4358F

split-complementary

#C4B235 #358FC4 #6B35C4

monochromatic

#645B1B #948628 #C4B235 #D4C662 #E1D792

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C4B235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#C4B235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B235

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B235	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 178, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.140 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac875',
    500: '#c4b235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b235;
$custom-light: #dac875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.448,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75718,
    "c": 0.14039,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B235

secondary

#8891CC

accent

#5AE147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B235

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

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