#C4B540#C4B540

#C4B540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.136 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B540
RGB	rgb(196, 181, 64)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.99, -8.23, 59.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.99, 59.62, 97.93°)
OKLab	oklab(76.44% -0.028 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(76.44% 0.136 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.2159, 45.1554, 11.4470)
Luminance	0.4515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B540 #404FC4

analogous

#C47340 #C4B540 #91C440

triadic

#C4B540 #40C4B5 #B540C4

tetradic

#C4B540 #40C473 #404FC4 #C44091

square

#C4B540 #40C473 #404FC4 #C44091

split-complementary

#C4B540 #4091C4 #7340C4

monochromatic

#696120 #988C2F #C4B540 #D2C76F #E1D99E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C4B540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#C4B540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B540

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B540	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B030

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 181, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.136 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ca7b',
    500: '#c4b540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b540;
$custom-light: #d9ca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.182,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76438,
    "c": 0.13561,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B540

secondary

#9399CD

accent

#5CDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B540

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

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