#C4B338#C4B338

#C4B338 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.139 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B338
RGB	rgb(196, 179, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.40, -7.61, 61.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.40, 62.06, 97.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.95% -0.0271 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(75.95% 0.139 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.6006, 44.2633, 10.1984)
Luminance	0.4426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B338 #3849C4

analogous

#C46D38 #C4B338 #8FC438

triadic

#C4B338 #38C4B3 #B338C4

tetradic

#C4B338 #38C46D #3849C4 #C4388F

square

#C4B338 #38C46D #3849C4 #C4388F

split-complementary

#C4B338 #388FC4 #6D38C4

monochromatic

#655C1D #94882A #C4B338 #D3C666 #E1D896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C4B338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#C4B338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B338

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B338	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)

#C4AE24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 179, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.139 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac977',
    500: '#c4b338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b338;
$custom-light: #dac977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.714,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75951,
    "c": 0.13934,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B338

secondary

#8C93CC

accent

#5BDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B338

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

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