#C4B242#C4B242

#C4B242 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.132 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B242
RGB	rgb(196, 178, 66)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.21, -6.55, 57.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.21, 57.78, 96.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% -0.023 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.132 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.6704, 43.9717, 11.5510)
Luminance	0.4397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B242 #4254C4

analogous

#C47142 #C4B242 #95C442

triadic

#C4B242 #42C4B2 #B242C4

tetradic

#C4B242 #42C471 #4254C4 #C44295

square

#C4B242 #42C471 #4254C4 #C44295

split-complementary

#C4B242 #4295C4 #7142C4

monochromatic

#6A6021 #998A30 #C4B242 #D3C571 #E1D89F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C4B242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#C4B242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B242

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B242	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)

#C2AD34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 178, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.132 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c87c',
    500: '#c4b242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b242;
$custom-light: #d9c87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.692,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7582,
    "c": 0.13157,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B242

secondary

#949CCE

accent

#60DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B242

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

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