#C4B258#C4B258

#C4B258 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.113 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B258
RGB	rgb(196, 178, 88)
HSL	hsl(50, 48%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 55%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 55.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, -5.02, 47.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 47.95, 96.01°)
OKLab	oklab(76.05% -0.0161 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(76.05% 0.113 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.4482, 44.2828, 15.6475)
Luminance	0.4428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B258 #586AC4

analogous

#C47C58 #C4B258 #A0C458

triadic

#C4B258 #58C4B2 #B258C4

tetradic

#C4B258 #58C47C #586AC4 #C458A0

square

#C4B258 #58C47C #586AC4 #C458A0

split-complementary

#C4B258 #58A0C4 #7C58C4

monochromatic

#776B2A #A5933A #C4B258 #D4C785 #E4DCB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C4B258 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#C4B258 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B258

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B258	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B258	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AE4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b258;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 178, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.113 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c88a',
    500: '#c4b258',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b258;
$custom-light: #d8c88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b258",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 47.788,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76051,
    "c": 0.11287,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B258

secondary

#A5ADD2

accent

#67D750

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B258

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

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