#C4B345#C4B345

#C4B345 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.130 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B345
RGB	rgb(196, 179, 69)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 64.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.50, -6.89, 56.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.50, 56.86, 96.96°)
OKLab	oklab(76.06% -0.0237 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(76.06% 0.13 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.9609, 44.4074, 12.0956)
Luminance	0.4441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B345 #4556C4

analogous

#C47445 #C4B345 #95C445

triadic

#C4B345 #45C4B3 #B345C4

tetradic

#C4B345 #45C474 #4556C4 #C44595

square

#C4B345 #45C474 #4556C4 #C44595

split-complementary

#C4B345 #4595C4 #7445C4

monochromatic

#6C6222 #9B8D31 #C4B345 #D3C673 #E1D9A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C4B345 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#C4B345 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B345

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B345	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B345	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)

#C3AE37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b345;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 179, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.130 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c97e',
    500: '#c4b345',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b345;
$custom-light: #d9c97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b345",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.969,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76058,
    "c": 0.13014,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B345

secondary

#979ECE

accent

#60DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B345

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

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