#C4B923#C4B923

#C4B923 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.155 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B923
RGB	rgb(196, 185, 35)
HSL	hsl(56, 70%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 82%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 82.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.91, -11.52, 69.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.91, 70.66, 99.39°)
OKLab	oklab(77.11% -0.04 0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(77.11% 0.155 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.4191, 46.5567, 8.4471)
Luminance	0.4656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B923 #232EC4

analogous

#C46923 #C4B923 #7EC423

triadic

#C4B923 #23C4B9 #B923C4

tetradic

#C4B923 #23C469 #232EC4 #C4237E

square

#C4B923 #23C469 #232EC4 #C4237E

split-complementary

#C4B923 #237EC4 #6923C4

monochromatic

#5C5710 #90881A #C4B923 #DED446 #E7E07A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#C4B923 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#C4B923 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B923

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B923	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B923	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB831

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3AC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b923;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 185, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.155 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacd6e',
    500: '#c4b923',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b923;
$custom-light: #dacd6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b923",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.901,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77111,
    "c": 0.1553,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B923

secondary

#747ACF

accent

#47ED3B

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161308

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B923

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

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