#C4B831#C4B831

#C4B831 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.148 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B831
RGB	rgb(196, 184, 49)
HSL	hsl(55, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 75%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.70, -10.51, 65.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.70, 66.18, 99.14°)
OKLab	oklab(76.97% -0.036 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(76.97% 0.148 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.4616, 46.2401, 9.6991)
Luminance	0.4624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B831 #313DC4

analogous

#C46E31 #C4B831 #86C431

triadic

#C4B831 #31C4B8 #B831C4

tetradic

#C4B831 #31C46E #313DC4 #C43186

square

#C4B831 #31C46E #313DC4 #C43186

split-complementary

#C4B831 #3186C4 #6E31C4

monochromatic

#625C19 #938A25 #C4B831 #D6CC5C #E2DB8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#C4B831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#C4B831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B831

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B831	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B214

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB83B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 184, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.148 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacd74',
    500: '#c4b831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b831;
$custom-light: #dacd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.102,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76969,
    "c": 0.14777,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B831

secondary

#848ACD

accent

#52E345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B831

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

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