#C4B239#C4B239

#C4B239 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.138 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B239
RGB	rgb(196, 178, 57)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 70.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.14, -7.04, 60.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.14, 61.36, 96.59°)
OKLab	oklab(75.75% -0.0254 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(75.75% 0.138 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.4257, 43.8738, 10.2619)
Luminance	0.4387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B239 #394BC4

analogous

#C46C39 #C4B239 #91C439

triadic

#C4B239 #39C4B2 #B239C4

tetradic

#C4B239 #39C46C #394BC4 #C43991

square

#C4B239 #39C46C #394BC4 #C43991

split-complementary

#C4B239 #3991C4 #6C39C4

monochromatic

#655C1D #95872B #C4B239 #D3C567 #E1D797

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C4B239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#C4B239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B239

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B239	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)

#C3AD26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 178, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.138 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac877',
    500: '#c4b239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b239;
$custom-light: #dac877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.23,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75747,
    "c": 0.13787,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B239

secondary

#8D95CC

accent

#5DDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B239

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

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