#C4B439#C4B439

#C4B439 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.140 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B439
RGB	rgb(196, 180, 57)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 70.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.68, -8.08, 61.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.68, 62.01, 97.49°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% -0.0284 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.14 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.8265, 44.6754, 10.3955)
Luminance	0.4467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B439 #3949C4

analogous

#C46F39 #C4B439 #8EC439

triadic

#C4B439 #39C4B4 #B439C4

tetradic

#C4B439 #39C46F #3949C4 #C4398E

square

#C4B439 #39C46F #3949C4 #C4398E

split-complementary

#C4B439 #398EC4 #6F39C4

monochromatic

#655D1D #95882B #C4B439 #D3C767 #E1D897

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C4B439 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#C4B439 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B439

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B439	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B439	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)

#C5AF26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b439;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 180, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.140 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ca77',
    500: '#c4b439',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b439;
$custom-light: #d9ca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b439",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.094,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76171,
    "c": 0.13954,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B439

secondary

#8D94CC

accent

#5BDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B439

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

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