#C4B261#C4B261

#C4B261 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.104 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B261
RGB	rgb(196, 178, 97)
HSL	hsl(49, 46%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 51%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 50.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.52, -4.25, 43.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.52, 43.61, 95.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% -0.0129 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.104 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.8443, 44.4412, 17.7335)
Luminance	0.4444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B261 #6173C4

analogous

#C48161 #C4B261 #A4C461

triadic

#C4B261 #61C4B2 #B261C4

tetradic

#C4B261 #61C481 #6173C4 #C461A4

square

#C4B261 #61C481 #6173C4 #C461A4

split-complementary

#C4B261 #61A4C4 #8161C4

monochromatic

#7C6E2E #A9963F #C4B261 #D5C88E #E5DDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C4B261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#C4B261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B261

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B261	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AE5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B564

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A79F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 178, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.104 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c890',
    500: '#c4b261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b261;
$custom-light: #d8c890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 45.622,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76169,
    "c": 0.10403,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B261

secondary

#ACB4D4

accent

#6AD553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B261

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

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