#C4B335#C4B335

#C4B335 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.141 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B335
RGB	rgb(196, 179, 53)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.39, -7.75, 62.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.39, 63.16, 97.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% -0.0279 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.141 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.5295, 44.2348, 9.8235)
Luminance	0.4423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B335 #3546C4

analogous

#C46C35 #C4B335 #8EC435

triadic

#C4B335 #35C4B3 #B335C4

tetradic

#C4B335 #35C46C #3546C4 #C4358E

square

#C4B335 #35C46C #3546C4 #C4358E

split-complementary

#C4B335 #358EC4 #6C35C4

monochromatic

#645B1B #948728 #C4B335 #D4C762 #E1D892

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C4B335 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#C4B335 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B335

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B335	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B335	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b335;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 179, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.141 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac975',
    500: '#c4b335',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b335;
$custom-light: #dac975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b335",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.867,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7593,
    "c": 0.14121,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B335

secondary

#8890CC

accent

#59E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B335

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

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