#C4B240#C4B240

#C4B240 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.133 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B240
RGB	rgb(196, 178, 64)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.19, -6.67, 58.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.19, 58.60, 96.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% -0.0236 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.133 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.6125, 43.9485, 11.2459)
Luminance	0.4395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B240 #4052C4

analogous

#C47040 #C4B240 #94C440

triadic

#C4B240 #40C4B2 #B240C4

tetradic

#C4B240 #40C470 #4052C4 #C44094

square

#C4B240 #40C470 #4052C4 #C44094

split-complementary

#C4B240 #4094C4 #7040C4

monochromatic

#695F20 #988A2F #C4B240 #D2C56F #E1D89E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C4B240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#C4B240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B240

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B240	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 178, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.133 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c87b',
    500: '#c4b240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b240;
$custom-light: #d9c87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75803,
    "c": 0.13305,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B240

secondary

#939BCD

accent

#5FDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B240

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

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