#C4B825#C4B825

#C4B825 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.154 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B825
RGB	rgb(196, 184, 37)
HSL	hsl(55, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 81%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 81.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.64, -10.95, 68.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.64, 69.82, 99.02°)
OKLab	oklab(76.91% -0.0383 0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(76.91% 0.154 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.2412, 46.1520, 8.5384)
Luminance	0.4615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B825 #2531C4

analogous

#C46925 #C4B825 #80C425

triadic

#C4B825 #25C4B8 #B825C4

tetradic

#C4B825 #25C469 #2531C4 #C42580

square

#C4B825 #25C469 #2531C4 #C42580

split-complementary

#C4B825 #2580C4 #6925C4

monochromatic

#5D5712 #91881B #C4B825 #DDD249 #E6DE7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#C4B825 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#C4B825 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B825

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B825	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B825	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b825;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 184, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.154 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacc6e',
    500: '#c4b825',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b825;
$custom-light: #dacc6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b825",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.472,
    "s": 68.24,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76905,
    "c": 0.15363,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B825

secondary

#767DCF

accent

#4AEB3D

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B825

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →