#C4B442#C4B442

#C4B442 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.133 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B442
RGB	rgb(196, 180, 66)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.74, -7.59, 57.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.74, 58.46, 97.46°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% -0.026 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.133 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.0713, 44.7733, 11.6846)
Luminance	0.4477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B442 #4252C4

analogous

#C47342 #C4B442 #93C442

triadic

#C4B442 #42C4B4 #B442C4

tetradic

#C4B442 #42C473 #4252C4 #C44293

square

#C4B442 #42C473 #4252C4 #C44293

split-complementary

#C4B442 #4293C4 #7342C4

monochromatic

#6A6121 #998C30 #C4B442 #D3C771 #E1D99F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C4B442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#C4B442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B442

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B442	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)

#C4AF33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 180, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.133 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ca7c',
    500: '#c4b442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b442;
$custom-light: #d9ca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.615,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76243,
    "c": 0.13327,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B442

secondary

#949BCE

accent

#5EDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B442

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

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