#C4B149#C4B149

#C4B149 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.125 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B149
RGB	rgb(196, 177, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 62.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.00, -5.59, 54.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.00, 54.45, 95.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% -0.0195 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.125 99)
XYZ	xyz(39.6913, 43.6628, 12.6391)
Luminance	0.4366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B149 #495CC4

analogous

#C47449 #C4B149 #99C449

triadic

#C4B149 #49C4B1 #B149C4

tetradic

#C4B149 #49C474 #495CC4 #C44999

square

#C4B149 #49C474 #495CC4 #C44999

split-complementary

#C4B149 #4999C4 #7449C4

monochromatic

#6F6324 #9D8D33 #C4B149 #D3C577 #E2D9A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C4B149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#C4B149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B149

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B149	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 177, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.125 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c880',
    500: '#c4b149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b149;
$custom-light: #d9c880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.732,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75675,
    "c": 0.12527,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.43661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B149

secondary

#9AA2CF

accent

#63DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B149

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

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