#C4B835#C4B835

#C4B835 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.145 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B835
RGB	rgb(196, 184, 53)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.72, -10.34, 63.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.72, 64.80, 99.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.99% -0.0352 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(76.99% 0.145 104)
XYZ	xyz(40.5498, 46.2754, 10.1636)
Luminance	0.4627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B835 #3541C4

analogous

#C47135 #C4B835 #89C435

triadic

#C4B835 #35C4B8 #B835C4

tetradic

#C4B835 #35C471 #3541C4 #C43589

square

#C4B835 #35C471 #3541C4 #C43589

split-complementary

#C4B835 #3589C4 #7135C4

monochromatic

#645E1B #948B28 #C4B835 #D4CB62 #E1DB92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#C4B835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#C4B835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B835

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B835	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)

#C9B21D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB83E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3AB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 184, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.145 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacd75',
    500: '#c4b835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b835;
$custom-light: #dacd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.965,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76994,
    "c": 0.14547,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.46274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B835

secondary

#888ECC

accent

#54E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B835

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

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