#C4B635#C4B635

#C4B635 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.144 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B635
RGB	rgb(196, 182, 53)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.19, -9.31, 63.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.19, 64.14, 98.34°)
OKLab	oklab(76.57% -0.0323 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(76.57% 0.144 103)
XYZ	xyz(40.1373, 45.4504, 10.0261)
Luminance	0.4545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B635 #3543C4

analogous

#C46F35 #C4B635 #8BC435

triadic

#C4B635 #35C4B6 #B635C4

tetradic

#C4B635 #35C46F #3543C4 #C4358B

square

#C4B635 #35C46F #3543C4 #C4358B

split-complementary

#C4B635 #358BC4 #6F35C4

monochromatic

#645D1B #948928 #C4B635 #D4C962 #E1DA92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C4B635 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#C4B635 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B635

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B635	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B635	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B01E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB73E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b635;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 182, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.144 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacb75',
    500: '#c4b635',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b635;
$custom-light: #dacb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b635",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.126,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76568,
    "c": 0.14374,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.45449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B635

secondary

#888FCC

accent

#56E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B635

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

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