#C4B340#C4B340

#C4B340 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.134 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B340
RGB	rgb(196, 179, 64)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.46, -7.19, 58.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.46, 58.94, 97.01°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% -0.0251 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.134 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.8122, 44.3479, 11.3124)
Luminance	0.4435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B340 #4051C4

analogous

#C47140 #C4B340 #93C440

triadic

#C4B340 #40C4B3 #B340C4

tetradic

#C4B340 #40C471 #4051C4 #C44093

square

#C4B340 #40C471 #4051C4 #C44093

split-complementary

#C4B340 #4093C4 #7140C4

monochromatic

#696020 #988A2F #C4B340 #D2C66F #E1D89E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C4B340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#C4B340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B340

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B340	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 179, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.134 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c97b',
    500: '#c4b340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b340;
$custom-light: #d9c97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.273,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76014,
    "c": 0.13389,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B340

secondary

#939ACD

accent

#5EDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B340

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

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