#C4B339#C4B339

#C4B339 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	#C4B339
RGB	rgb(196, 179, 57)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 70.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.41, -7.56, 61.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.41, 61.68, 97.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% -0.0269 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.139 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.6253, 44.2731, 10.3284)
Luminance	0.4427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B339 #394AC4

analogous

#C46E39 #C4B339 #90C439

triadic

#C4B339 #39C4B3 #B339C4

tetradic

#C4B339 #39C46E #394AC4 #C43990

square

#C4B339 #39C46E #394AC4 #C43990

split-complementary

#C4B339 #3990C4 #6E39C4

monochromatic

#655C1D #95882B #C4B339 #D3C667 #E1D897

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C4B339 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#C4B339 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B339

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B339	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B339	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)

#C4AE26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b339;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 179, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.139 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c977',
    500: '#c4b339',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b339;
$custom-light: #d9c977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b339",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.662,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75959,
    "c": 0.1387,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B339

secondary

#8D94CC

accent

#5CDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B339

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

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