#C4B927#C4B927

#C4B927 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.154 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B927
RGB	rgb(196, 185, 39)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 80%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 80.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.92, -11.40, 68.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.92, 69.58, 99.43°)
OKLab	oklab(77.13% -0.0394 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(77.13% 0.154 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.4819, 46.5818, 8.7779)
Luminance	0.4658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B927 #2732C4

analogous

#C46A27 #C4B927 #80C427

triadic

#C4B927 #27C4B9 #B927C4

tetradic

#C4B927 #27C46A #2732C4 #C42780

square

#C4B927 #27C46A #2732C4 #C42780

split-complementary

#C4B927 #2780C4 #6A27C4

monochromatic

#5E5913 #91891D #C4B927 #DCD24D #E6DF80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#C4B927 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#C4B927 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B927

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B927	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B927	1.00	2.04	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3AC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b927;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 185, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.154 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacd6f',
    500: '#c4b927',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b927;
$custom-light: #dacd6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b927",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.796,
    "s": 66.809,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77129,
    "c": 0.15362,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B927

secondary

#797FCE

accent

#4AEA3E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B927

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

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