#C4B527#C4B527

#C4B527 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.150 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B527
RGB	rgb(196, 181, 39)
HSL	hsl(54, 67%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 80%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 80.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.85, -9.34, 67.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.85, 68.34, 97.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76.27% -0.0336 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(76.27% 0.15 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.6569, 44.9318, 8.5029)
Luminance	0.4493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B527 #2736C4

analogous

#C46727 #C4B527 #84C427

triadic

#C4B527 #27C4B5 #B527C4

tetradic

#C4B527 #27C467 #2736C4 #C42784

square

#C4B527 #27C467 #2736C4 #C42784

split-complementary

#C4B527 #2784C4 #6727C4

monochromatic

#5E5713 #91861D #C4B527 #DCCE4D #E6DC80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C4B527 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#C4B527 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B527

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B527	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B527	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AF00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB633

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b527;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 181, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.150 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daca6f',
    500: '#c4b527',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b527;
$custom-light: #daca6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b527",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.268,
    "s": 66.809,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76274,
    "c": 0.15027,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B527

secondary

#7981CE

accent

#4EEA3E

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B527

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

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