#C4B731#C4B731

#C4B731 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.147 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B731
RGB	rgb(196, 183, 49)
HSL	hsl(55, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 75%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.43, -10.00, 65.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.43, 65.85, 98.73°)
OKLab	oklab(76.76% -0.0346 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(76.76% 0.147 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.2546, 45.8262, 9.6301)
Luminance	0.4582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B731 #313EC4

analogous

#C46D31 #C4B731 #87C431

triadic

#C4B731 #31C4B7 #B731C4

tetradic

#C4B731 #31C46D #313EC4 #C43187

square

#C4B731 #31C46D #313EC4 #C43187

split-complementary

#C4B731 #3187C4 #6D31C4

monochromatic

#625C19 #938925 #C4B731 #D6CB5C #E2DB8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C4B731 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#C4B731 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B731

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B731	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B731	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B115

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB73B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3AA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b731;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 183, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.147 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacc73',
    500: '#c4b731',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b731;
$custom-light: #dacc73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b731",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.694,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76755,
    "c": 0.1469,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B731

secondary

#848ACD

accent

#53E345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B731

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

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