#C4B245#C4B245

#C4B245 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.129 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B245
RGB	rgb(196, 178, 69)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 64.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.23, -6.37, 56.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.23, 56.52, 96.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% -0.0222 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.129 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.7612, 44.0080, 12.0291)
Luminance	0.4401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B245 #4557C4

analogous

#C47345 #C4B245 #97C445

triadic

#C4B245 #45C4B2 #B245C4

tetradic

#C4B245 #45C473 #4557C4 #C44597

square

#C4B245 #45C473 #4557C4 #C44597

split-complementary

#C4B245 #4597C4 #7345C4

monochromatic

#6C6222 #9B8C31 #C4B245 #D3C573 #E1D8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C4B245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#C4B245 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B245

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B245	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)

#C2AD38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 178, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.129 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c87e',
    500: '#c4b245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b245;
$custom-light: #d9c87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.496,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75847,
    "c": 0.1293,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B245

secondary

#979ECE

accent

#61DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B245

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

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