#C4B150#C4B150

#C4B150 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.119 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B150
RGB	rgb(196, 177, 80)
HSL	hsl(50, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 59.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.07, -5.11, 51.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.07, 51.32, 95.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.75% -0.0173 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(75.75% 0.119 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.9366, 43.7610, 13.9309)
Luminance	0.4376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B150 #5063C4

analogous

#C47750 #C4B150 #9DC450

triadic

#C4B150 #50C4B1 #B150C4

tetradic

#C4B150 #50C477 #5063C4 #C4509D

square

#C4B150 #50C477 #5063C4 #C4509D

split-complementary

#C4B150 #509DC4 #7750C4

monochromatic

#736627 #A18F36 #C4B150 #D3C57E #E3DAAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C4B150 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#C4B150 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B150

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B150	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B150	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b150;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 177, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.119 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c884',
    500: '#c4b150',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b150;
$custom-light: #d9c884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b150",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.172,
    "s": 49.573,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75748,
    "c": 0.11933,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B150

secondary

#9FA7D1

accent

#65D94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B150

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

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