#C4B145#C4B145

#C4B145 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.128 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B145
RGB	rgb(196, 177, 69)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 64.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.97, -5.85, 55.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.97, 56.18, 95.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.64% -0.0207 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(75.64% 0.128 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.5630, 43.6115, 11.9630)
Luminance	0.4361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B145 #4558C4

analogous

#C47245 #C4B145 #97C445

triadic

#C4B145 #45C4B1 #B145C4

tetradic

#C4B145 #45C472 #4558C4 #C44597

square

#C4B145 #45C472 #4558C4 #C44597

split-complementary

#C4B145 #4597C4 #7245C4

monochromatic

#6C6122 #9B8B31 #C4B145 #D3C473 #E1D8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C4B145 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#C4B145 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B145

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B145	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B145	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b145;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 177, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.128 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c87e',
    500: '#c4b145',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b145;
$custom-light: #d9c87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b145",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.024,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75636,
    "c": 0.12846,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B145

secondary

#979FCE

accent

#62DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B145

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

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