#C4B935#C4B935

#C4B935 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.146 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B935
RGB	rgb(196, 185, 53)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.99, -10.85, 64.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.99, 65.14, 99.59°)
OKLab	oklab(77.21% -0.0366 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(77.21% 0.146 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.7582, 46.6923, 10.2331)
Luminance	0.4669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B935 #3540C4

analogous

#C47235 #C4B935 #88C435

triadic

#C4B935 #35C4B9 #B935C4

tetradic

#C4B935 #35C472 #3540C4 #C43588

square

#C4B935 #35C472 #3540C4 #C43588

split-complementary

#C4B935 #3588C4 #7235C4

monochromatic

#645E1B #948C28 #C4B935 #D4CC62 #E1DB92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#C4B935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#C4B935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B935

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B935	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB31D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB93E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3AC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 185, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.146 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacd76',
    500: '#c4b935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b935;
$custom-light: #dacd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77208,
    "c": 0.14635,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B935

secondary

#888ECC

accent

#53E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B935

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

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