#C4B249#C4B249

#C4B249 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.126 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B249
RGB	rgb(196, 178, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 62.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.27, -6.12, 54.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.27, 54.80, 96.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% -0.021 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.126 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.8896, 44.0593, 12.7052)
Luminance	0.4406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B249 #495BC4

analogous

#C47549 #C4B249 #98C449

triadic

#C4B249 #49C4B2 #B249C4

tetradic

#C4B249 #49C475 #495BC4 #C44998

square

#C4B249 #49C475 #495BC4 #C44998

split-complementary

#C4B249 #4998C4 #7549C4

monochromatic

#6F6424 #9D8D33 #C4B249 #D3C677 #E2D9A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C4B249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#C4B249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B249

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B249	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)

#C2AD3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 178, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.126 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c880',
    500: '#c4b249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b249;
$custom-light: #d9c880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.22,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75885,
    "c": 0.12612,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B249

secondary

#9AA2CF

accent

#62DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B249

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

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