#C4B641#C4B641

#C4B641 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.136 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B641
RGB	rgb(196, 182, 65)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 66.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.27, -8.69, 58.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.27, 59.56, 98.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.66% -0.0292 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(76.66% 0.136 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.4487, 45.5750, 11.6662)
Luminance	0.4557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B641 #414FC4

analogous

#C47441 #C4B641 #90C441

triadic

#C4B641 #41C4B6 #B641C4

tetradic

#C4B641 #41C474 #414FC4 #C44190

square

#C4B641 #41C474 #414FC4 #C44190

split-complementary

#C4B641 #4190C4 #7441C4

monochromatic

#6A6221 #988D2F #C4B641 #D3C870 #E1DA9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C4B641 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#C4B641 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B641

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B641	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B641	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)

#C6B031

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b641;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 182, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.136 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cb7c',
    500: '#c4b641',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b641;
$custom-light: #d9cb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b641",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.588,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76658,
    "c": 0.13577,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B641

secondary

#939ACD

accent

#5BDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B641

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

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