#C4B931#C4B931

#C4B931 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.149 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B931
RGB	rgb(196, 185, 49)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 75%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.97, -11.03, 65.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.97, 66.51, 99.54°)
OKLab	oklab(77.18% -0.0375 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(77.18% 0.149 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.6701, 46.6571, 9.7686)
Luminance	0.4666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B931 #313CC4

analogous

#C46F31 #C4B931 #85C431

triadic

#C4B931 #31C4B9 #B931C4

tetradic

#C4B931 #31C46F #313CC4 #C43185

square

#C4B931 #31C46F #313CC4 #C43185

split-complementary

#C4B931 #3185C4 #6F31C4

monochromatic

#625D19 #938B25 #C4B931 #D6CD5C #E2DC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#C4B931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#C4B931 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B931

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B931	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB214

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB93B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3AC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 185, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.149 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacd74',
    500: '#c4b931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b931;
$custom-light: #dacd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.51,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77183,
    "c": 0.14864,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B931

secondary

#8489CD

accent

#51E345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B931

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

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