#C4B241#C4B241

#C4B241 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.132 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B241
RGB	rgb(196, 178, 65)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 66.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, -6.61, 57.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 58.19, 96.52°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% -0.0233 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.132 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.6412, 43.9600, 11.3971)
Luminance	0.4396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B241 #4153C4

analogous

#C47041 #C4B241 #94C441

triadic

#C4B241 #41C4B2 #B241C4

tetradic

#C4B241 #41C470 #4153C4 #C44194

square

#C4B241 #41C470 #4153C4 #C44194

split-complementary

#C4B241 #4194C4 #7041C4

monochromatic

#6A6021 #988A2F #C4B241 #D3C570 #E1D89E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C4B241 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#C4B241 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B241

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B241	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B241	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	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)

#C2AD32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 178, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.132 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c87b',
    500: '#c4b241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b241;
$custom-light: #d9c87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.756,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75811,
    "c": 0.13231,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B241

secondary

#939BCD

accent

#60DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B241

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

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