#C4B840#C4B840

#C4B840 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.138 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B840
RGB	rgb(196, 184, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.80, -9.78, 59.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.80, 60.66, 99.28°)
OKLab	oklab(77.08% -0.0324 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(77.08% 0.138 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.8325, 46.3885, 11.6525)
Luminance	0.4639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B840 #404CC4

analogous

#C47640 #C4B840 #8EC440

triadic

#C4B840 #40C4B8 #B840C4

tetradic

#C4B840 #40C476 #404CC4 #C4408E

square

#C4B840 #40C476 #404CC4 #C4408E

split-complementary

#C4B840 #408EC4 #7640C4

monochromatic

#696320 #988E2F #C4B840 #D2C96F #E1DB9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#C4B840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#C4B840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B840

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B840	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B22F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB847

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2ACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 184, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.138 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cd7b',
    500: '#c4b840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b840;
$custom-light: #d9cd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77076,
    "c": 0.13827,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B840

secondary

#9398CD

accent

#59DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B840

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

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