#C4B738#C4B738

#C4B738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.143 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B738
RGB	rgb(196, 183, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.47, -9.68, 62.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.47, 63.38, 98.79°)
OKLab	oklab(76.8% -0.033 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(76.8% 0.143 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.4140, 45.8899, 10.4695)
Luminance	0.4589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B738 #3845C4

analogous

#C47138 #C4B738 #8BC438

triadic

#C4B738 #38C4B7 #B738C4

tetradic

#C4B738 #38C471 #3845C4 #C4388B

square

#C4B738 #38C471 #3845C4 #C4388B

split-complementary

#C4B738 #388BC4 #7138C4

monochromatic

#655E1D #948B2A #C4B738 #D3C966 #E1DA96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#C4B738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#C4B738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B738

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B738	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B123

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 183, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.143 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cc77',
    500: '#c4b738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b738;
$custom-light: #d9cc77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.429,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76802,
    "c": 0.14275,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B738

secondary

#8C92CC

accent

#57DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B738

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

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