#C4B248#C4B248

#C4B248 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.127 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B248
RGB	rgb(196, 178, 72)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 63.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.26, -6.18, 54.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.26, 55.23, 96.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% -0.0213 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.127 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.8567, 44.0462, 12.5320)
Luminance	0.4404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B248 #485AC4

analogous

#C47448 #C4B248 #98C448

triadic

#C4B248 #48C4B2 #B248C4

tetradic

#C4B248 #48C474 #485AC4 #C44898

square

#C4B248 #48C474 #485AC4 #C44898

split-complementary

#C4B248 #4898C4 #7448C4

monochromatic

#6E6323 #9C8D32 #C4B248 #D3C576 #E2D9A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C4B248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#C4B248 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B248

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B248	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 178, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.127 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c880',
    500: '#c4b248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b248;
$custom-light: #d9c880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.29,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75875,
    "c": 0.12693,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B248

secondary

#99A1CF

accent

#62DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B248

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

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