#C4B640#C4B640

#C4B640 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.136 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B640
RGB	rgb(196, 182, 64)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.26, -8.75, 59.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.26, 59.96, 98.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.65% -0.0295 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(76.65% 0.136 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.4200, 45.5635, 11.5150)
Luminance	0.4556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B640 #404EC4

analogous

#C47440 #C4B640 #90C440

triadic

#C4B640 #40C4B6 #B640C4

tetradic

#C4B640 #40C474 #404EC4 #C44090

square

#C4B640 #40C474 #404EC4 #C44090

split-complementary

#C4B640 #4090C4 #7440C4

monochromatic

#696120 #988D2F #C4B640 #D2C86F #E1DA9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C4B640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#C4B640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B640

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B640	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B030

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 182, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.136 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cb7b',
    500: '#c4b640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b640;
$custom-light: #d9cb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.636,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7665,
    "c": 0.13648,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B640

secondary

#9399CD

accent

#5BDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B640

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

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