#C4B631#C4B631

#C4B631 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.146 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B631
RGB	rgb(196, 182, 49)
HSL	hsl(54, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 75%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.16, -9.48, 64.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.16, 65.52, 98.32°)
OKLab	oklab(76.54% -0.0331 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(76.54% 0.146 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.0491, 45.4151, 9.5616)
Luminance	0.4541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B631 #313FC4

analogous

#C46D31 #C4B631 #88C431

triadic

#C4B631 #31C4B6 #B631C4

tetradic

#C4B631 #31C46D #313FC4 #C43188

square

#C4B631 #31C46D #313FC4 #C43188

split-complementary

#C4B631 #3188C4 #6D31C4

monochromatic

#625B19 #938925 #C4B631 #D6CB5C #E2DA8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C4B631 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#C4B631 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B631

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B631	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B631	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B015

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB63B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b631;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 182, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.146 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacb73',
    500: '#c4b631',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b631;
$custom-light: #dacb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b631",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.286,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76542,
    "c": 0.14605,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B631

secondary

#848BCD

accent

#54E345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B631

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

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