#C4B045#C4B045

#C4B045 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	#C4B045
RGB	rgb(196, 176, 69)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 64.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.70, -5.32, 55.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.70, 55.85, 95.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.0192 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.128 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.3662, 43.2179, 11.8974)
Luminance	0.4322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B045 #4559C4

analogous

#C47145 #C4B045 #99C445

triadic

#C4B045 #45C4B0 #B045C4

tetradic

#C4B045 #45C471 #4559C4 #C44599

square

#C4B045 #45C471 #4559C4 #C44599

split-complementary

#C4B045 #4599C4 #7145C4

monochromatic

#6C6122 #9B8A31 #C4B045 #D3C473 #E1D7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C4B045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#C4B045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B045

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B045	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)

#C0AC38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 176, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.128 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c77e',
    500: '#c4b045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b045;
$custom-light: #d9c77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.551,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75426,
    "c": 0.12763,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B045

secondary

#979FCE

accent

#63DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B045

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

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