#C4B440#C4B440

#C4B440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.135 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B440
RGB	rgb(196, 180, 64)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.73, -7.71, 58.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.73, 59.27, 97.47°)
OKLab	oklab(76.23% -0.0266 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(76.23% 0.135 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.0133, 44.7502, 11.3795)
Luminance	0.4475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B440 #4050C4

analogous

#C47240 #C4B440 #92C440

triadic

#C4B440 #40C4B4 #B440C4

tetradic

#C4B440 #40C472 #4050C4 #C44092

square

#C4B440 #40C472 #4050C4 #C44092

split-complementary

#C4B440 #4092C4 #7240C4

monochromatic

#696020 #988B2F #C4B440 #D2C66F #E1D99E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C4B440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#C4B440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B440

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B440	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 180, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.135 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ca7b',
    500: '#c4b440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b440;
$custom-light: #d9ca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.727,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76226,
    "c": 0.13475,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B440

secondary

#939ACD

accent

#5DDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B440

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

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