#C4B539#C4B539

#C4B539 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.140 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B539
RGB	rgb(196, 181, 57)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 70.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.94, -8.60, 61.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.94, 62.34, 97.93°)
OKLab	oklab(76.38% -0.0298 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(76.38% 0.14 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.0291, 45.0806, 10.4630)
Luminance	0.4508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B539 #3948C4

analogous

#C46F39 #C4B539 #8EC439

triadic

#C4B539 #39C4B5 #B539C4

tetradic

#C4B539 #39C46F #3948C4 #C4398E

square

#C4B539 #39C46F #3948C4 #C4398E

split-complementary

#C4B539 #398EC4 #6F39C4

monochromatic

#655D1D #95892B #C4B539 #D3C767 #E1D997

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C4B539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#C4B539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B539

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B539	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AF25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 181, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.140 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ca77',
    500: '#c4b539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b539;
$custom-light: #d9ca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.525,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76383,
    "c": 0.14038,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B539

secondary

#8D93CC

accent

#5ADE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B539

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

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