#C4B244#C4B244

#C4B244 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.130 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B244
RGB	rgb(196, 178, 68)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 65.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.23, -6.43, 56.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.23, 56.94, 96.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% -0.0225 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.13 100)
XYZ	xyz(39.7304, 43.9957, 11.8670)
Luminance	0.4399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B244 #4456C4

analogous

#C47244 #C4B244 #96C444

triadic

#C4B244 #44C4B2 #B244C4

tetradic

#C4B244 #44C472 #4456C4 #C44496

square

#C4B244 #44C472 #4456C4 #C44496

split-complementary

#C4B244 #4496C4 #7244C4

monochromatic

#6C6122 #9A8B31 #C4B244 #D3C573 #E1D8A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C4B244 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#C4B244 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B244

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B244	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B244	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b244;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 178, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.130 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c87d',
    500: '#c4b244',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b244;
$custom-light: #d9c87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b244",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.563,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75838,
    "c": 0.13007,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.43994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B244

secondary

#969ECE

accent

#60DB4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B244

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

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