#C4B048#C4B048

#C4B048 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.125 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B048
RGB	rgb(196, 176, 72)
HSL	hsl(50, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 63.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, -5.13, 54.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 54.55, 95.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% -0.0183 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.125 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.4617, 43.2561, 12.4003)
Luminance	0.4325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B048 #485CC4

analogous

#C47248 #C4B048 #9AC448

triadic

#C4B048 #48C4B0 #B048C4

tetradic

#C4B048 #48C472 #485CC4 #C4489A

square

#C4B048 #48C472 #485CC4 #C4489A

split-complementary

#C4B048 #489AC4 #7248C4

monochromatic

#6E6223 #9C8B32 #C4B048 #D3C476 #E2D8A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C4B048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#C4B048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B048

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B048	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AC3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 176, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.125 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c77f',
    500: '#c4b048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b048;
$custom-light: #d9c77f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75455,
    "c": 0.12526,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B048

secondary

#99A2CF

accent

#64DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B048

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

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