#C4B246#C4B246

#C4B246 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.129 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B246
RGB	rgb(196, 178, 70)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 64.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.24, -6.31, 55.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.24, 56.09, 96.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% -0.0219 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.129 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.7925, 44.0205, 12.1939)
Luminance	0.4402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B246 #4658C4

analogous

#C47346 #C4B246 #97C446

triadic

#C4B246 #46C4B2 #B246C4

tetradic

#C4B246 #46C473 #4658C4 #C44697

square

#C4B246 #46C473 #4658C4 #C44697

split-complementary

#C4B246 #4697C4 #7346C4

monochromatic

#6D6223 #9B8C32 #C4B246 #D3C574 #E2D9A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C4B246 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#C4B246 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B246

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B246	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B246	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)

#C2AD39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b246;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 178, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.129 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c87e',
    500: '#c4b246',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b246;
$custom-light: #d9c87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b246",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75856,
    "c": 0.12852,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B246

secondary

#979FCE

accent

#61DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B246

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

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