#C4B832#C4B832

#C4B832 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.147 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B832
RGB	rgb(196, 184, 50)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 74.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.71, -10.47, 65.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.71, 65.84, 99.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.98% -0.0358 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(76.98% 0.147 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.4829, 46.2487, 9.8115)
Luminance	0.4625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B832 #323EC4

analogous

#C46F32 #C4B832 #87C432

triadic

#C4B832 #32C4B8 #B832C4

tetradic

#C4B832 #32C46F #323EC4 #C43287

square

#C4B832 #32C46F #323EC4 #C43287

split-complementary

#C4B832 #3287C4 #6F32C4

monochromatic

#625C19 #938A26 #C4B832 #D6CC5D #E2DB8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#C4B832 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#C4B832 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B832

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B832	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B832	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)

#C9B217

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB83C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b832;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 184, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.147 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacd74',
    500: '#c4b832',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b832;
$custom-light: #dacd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b832",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.068,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76975,
    "c": 0.1472,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B832

secondary

#858BCD

accent

#52E345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B832

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

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