#C4B827#C4B827

#C4B827 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.153 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B827
RGB	rgb(196, 184, 39)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 80%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 80.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.65, -10.89, 68.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.65, 69.26, 99.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% -0.0379 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.153 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.2735, 46.1649, 8.7084)
Luminance	0.4616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B827 #2733C4

analogous

#C46927 #C4B827 #81C427

triadic

#C4B827 #27C4B8 #B827C4

tetradic

#C4B827 #27C469 #2733C4 #C42781

square

#C4B827 #27C469 #2733C4 #C42781

split-complementary

#C4B827 #2781C4 #6927C4

monochromatic

#5E5813 #91881D #C4B827 #DCD14D #E6DE80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#C4B827 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#C4B827 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B827

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B827	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B827	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)

#CDB833

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b827;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 184, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.153 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacc6f',
    500: '#c4b827',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b827;
$custom-light: #dacc6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b827",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.414,
    "s": 66.809,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76915,
    "c": 0.15277,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B827

secondary

#797FCE

accent

#4BEA3E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B827

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

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