#C4B838#C4B838

#C4B838 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.144 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B838
RGB	rgb(196, 184, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.74, -10.20, 62.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.74, 63.72, 99.21°)
OKLab	oklab(77.02% -0.0345 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(77.02% 0.144 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.6210, 46.3039, 10.5385)
Luminance	0.4630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B838 #3844C4

analogous

#C47238 #C4B838 #8AC438

triadic

#C4B838 #38C4B8 #B838C4

tetradic

#C4B838 #38C472 #3844C4 #C4388A

square

#C4B838 #38C472 #3844C4 #C4388A

split-complementary

#C4B838 #388AC4 #7238C4

monochromatic

#655F1D #948B2A #C4B838 #D3CA66 #E1DA96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#C4B838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#C4B838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B838

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B838	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B222

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3AB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 184, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.144 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cd77',
    500: '#c4b838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b838;
$custom-light: #d9cd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.857,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77015,
    "c": 0.14364,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B838

secondary

#8C91CC

accent

#56DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B838

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

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