#C4B438#C4B438

#C4B438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.140 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B438
RGB	rgb(196, 180, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.67, -8.13, 61.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.67, 62.39, 97.49°)
OKLab	oklab(76.16% -0.0286 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(76.16% 0.14 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.8018, 44.6655, 10.2654)
Luminance	0.4466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B438 #3848C4

analogous

#C46E38 #C4B438 #8EC438

triadic

#C4B438 #38C4B4 #B438C4

tetradic

#C4B438 #38C46E #3848C4 #C4388E

square

#C4B438 #38C46E #3848C4 #C4388E

split-complementary

#C4B438 #388EC4 #6E38C4

monochromatic

#655D1D #94882A #C4B438 #D3C766 #E1D896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C4B438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#C4B438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B438

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B438	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 180, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.140 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daca77',
    500: '#c4b438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b438;
$custom-light: #daca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.143,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76163,
    "c": 0.14017,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B438

secondary

#8C93CC

accent

#5ADF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B438

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

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