#C4B044#C4B044

#C4B044 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.128 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B044
RGB	rgb(196, 176, 68)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 65.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.69, -5.38, 56.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.69, 56.28, 95.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.42% -0.0195 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(75.42% 0.128 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.3354, 43.2056, 11.7353)
Luminance	0.4320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B044 #4458C4

analogous

#C47044 #C4B044 #98C444

triadic

#C4B044 #44C4B0 #B044C4

tetradic

#C4B044 #44C470 #4458C4 #C44498

square

#C4B044 #44C470 #4458C4 #C44498

split-complementary

#C4B044 #4498C4 #7044C4

monochromatic

#6C6022 #9A8A31 #C4B044 #D3C473 #E1D7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C4B044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#C4B044 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B044

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B044	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AC37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 176, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.128 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c77d',
    500: '#c4b044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b044;
$custom-light: #d9c77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.625,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75417,
    "c": 0.12841,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B044

secondary

#969FCE

accent

#63DB4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B044

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

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