#C4B342#C4B342

#C4B342 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.132 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B342
RGB	rgb(196, 179, 66)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.48, -7.07, 57.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.48, 58.12, 96.99°)
OKLab	oklab(76.03% -0.0245 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(76.03% 0.132 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.8701, 44.3710, 11.6175)
Luminance	0.4437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B342 #4253C4

analogous

#C47242 #C4B342 #94C442

triadic

#C4B342 #42C4B3 #B342C4

tetradic

#C4B342 #42C472 #4253C4 #C44294

square

#C4B342 #42C472 #4253C4 #C44294

split-complementary

#C4B342 #4294C4 #7242C4

monochromatic

#6A6121 #998B30 #C4B342 #D3C671 #E1D99F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C4B342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#C4B342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B342

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B342	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)

#C3AE33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 179, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.132 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c97c',
    500: '#c4b342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b342;
$custom-light: #d9c97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.154,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76031,
    "c": 0.13242,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B342

secondary

#949CCE

accent

#5FDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B342

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

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