#C4B735#C4B735

#C4B735 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.145 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B735
RGB	rgb(196, 183, 53)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.46, -9.82, 63.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.46, 64.47, 98.76°)
OKLab	oklab(76.78% -0.0337 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(76.78% 0.145 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.3428, 45.8614, 10.0946)
Luminance	0.4586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B735 #3542C4

analogous

#C46F35 #C4B735 #8AC435

triadic

#C4B735 #35C4B7 #B735C4

tetradic

#C4B735 #35C46F #3542C4 #C4358A

square

#C4B735 #35C46F #3542C4 #C4358A

split-complementary

#C4B735 #358AC4 #6F35C4

monochromatic

#645D1B #948A28 #C4B735 #D4CA62 #E1DA92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#C4B735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#C4B735 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B735

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B735	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B11D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB73E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 183, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.145 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacc75',
    500: '#c4b735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b735;
$custom-light: #dacc75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76781,
    "c": 0.14459,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B735

secondary

#888FCC

accent

#55E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B735

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

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