#C4B238#C4B238

#C4B238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.139 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B238
RGB	rgb(196, 178, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.14, -7.09, 61.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.14, 61.74, 96.59°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% -0.0257 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.139 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.4010, 43.8639, 10.1318)
Luminance	0.4386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B238 #384AC4

analogous

#C46C38 #C4B238 #90C438

triadic

#C4B238 #38C4B2 #B238C4

tetradic

#C4B238 #38C46C #384AC4 #C43890

square

#C4B238 #38C46C #384AC4 #C43890

split-complementary

#C4B238 #3890C4 #6C38C4

monochromatic

#655C1D #94872A #C4B238 #D3C566 #E1D796

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C4B238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#C4B238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B238

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B238	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)

#C3AD24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 178, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.139 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac876',
    500: '#c4b238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b238;
$custom-light: #dac876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.286,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7574,
    "c": 0.13851,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B238

secondary

#8C94CC

accent

#5CDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B238

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

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