#C4B642#C4B642

#C4B642 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.135 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B642
RGB	rgb(196, 182, 66)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.28, -8.63, 58.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.28, 59.15, 98.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.67% -0.029 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(76.67% 0.135 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.4779, 45.5867, 11.8201)
Luminance	0.4558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B642 #4250C4

analogous

#C47542 #C4B642 #91C442

triadic

#C4B642 #42C4B6 #B642C4

tetradic

#C4B642 #42C475 #4250C4 #C44291

square

#C4B642 #42C475 #4250C4 #C44291

split-complementary

#C4B642 #4291C4 #7542C4

monochromatic

#6A6321 #998E30 #C4B642 #D3C871 #E1DA9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C4B642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#C4B642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B642

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B642	1.00	2.08	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 182, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.135 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cb7c',
    500: '#c4b642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b642;
$custom-light: #d9cb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.538,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76667,
    "c": 0.13503,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B642

secondary

#949ACE

accent

#5BDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B642

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

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