#C4B535#C4B535

#C4B535 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.143 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B535
RGB	rgb(196, 181, 53)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.92, -8.79, 63.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.92, 63.81, 97.92°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% -0.0308 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.143 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.9332, 45.0423, 9.9580)
Luminance	0.4504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B535 #3544C4

analogous

#C46E35 #C4B535 #8CC435

triadic

#C4B535 #35C4B5 #B535C4

tetradic

#C4B535 #35C46E #3544C4 #C4358C

square

#C4B535 #35C46E #3544C4 #C4358C

split-complementary

#C4B535 #358CC4 #6E35C4

monochromatic

#645C1B #948928 #C4B535 #D4C862 #E1D992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C4B535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#C4B535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B535

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B535	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AF1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB63E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 181, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.143 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daca75',
    500: '#c4b535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b535;
$custom-light: #daca75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.706,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76355,
    "c": 0.14288,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B535

secondary

#8890CC

accent

#57E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B535

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

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