#C4B344#C4B344

#C4B344 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.131 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B344
RGB	rgb(196, 179, 68)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 65.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.49, -6.95, 56.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.49, 57.28, 96.97°)
OKLab	oklab(76.05% -0.024 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(76.05% 0.131 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.9301, 44.3950, 11.9335)
Luminance	0.4439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B344 #4455C4

analogous

#C47344 #C4B344 #95C444

triadic

#C4B344 #44C4B3 #B344C4

tetradic

#C4B344 #44C473 #4455C4 #C44495

square

#C4B344 #44C473 #4455C4 #C44495

split-complementary

#C4B344 #4495C4 #7344C4

monochromatic

#6C6222 #9A8C31 #C4B344 #D3C673 #E1D9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C4B344 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#C4B344 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B344

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B344	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B344	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b344;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 179, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.131 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c97d',
    500: '#c4b344',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b344;
$custom-light: #d9c97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b344",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.031,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76049,
    "c": 0.13091,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B344

secondary

#969DCE

accent

#5FDB4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B344

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

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