#C4B937#C4B937

#C4B937 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.145 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B937
RGB	rgb(196, 185, 55)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.00, -10.76, 63.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.00, 64.43, 99.61°)
OKLab	oklab(77.22% -0.0361 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(77.22% 0.145 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.8052, 46.7111, 10.4804)
Luminance	0.4671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B937 #3742C4

analogous

#C47337 #C4B937 #89C437

triadic

#C4B937 #37C4B9 #B937C4

tetradic

#C4B937 #37C473 #3742C4 #C43789

square

#C4B937 #37C473 #3742C4 #C43789

split-complementary

#C4B937 #3789C4 #7337C4

monochromatic

#645F1C #948C2A #C4B937 #D4CB65 #E1DB94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#C4B937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#C4B937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B937

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B937	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)

#C9B320

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3ACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 185, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.145 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacd77',
    500: '#c4b937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b937;
$custom-light: #dacd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.319,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77222,
    "c": 0.14514,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B937

secondary

#8B90CC

accent

#54DF48

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B937

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

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