#C4B939#C4B939

#C4B939 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.144 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B939
RGB	rgb(196, 185, 57)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 70.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.02, -10.66, 62.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.02, 63.70, 99.64°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% -0.0357 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.144 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.8541, 46.7307, 10.7380)
Luminance	0.4673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B939 #3944C4

analogous

#C47439 #C4B939 #8AC439

triadic

#C4B939 #39C4B9 #B939C4

tetradic

#C4B939 #39C474 #3944C4 #C4398A

square

#C4B939 #39C474 #3944C4 #C4398A

split-complementary

#C4B939 #398AC4 #7439C4

monochromatic

#655F1D #958C2B #C4B939 #D3CA67 #E1DB97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#C4B939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#C4B939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B939

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B939	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B324

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3ACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 185, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.144 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cd78',
    500: '#c4b939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b939;
$custom-light: #d9cd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.252,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77236,
    "c": 0.14389,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B939

secondary

#8D92CC

accent

#55DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B939

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

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