#C4B346#C4B346

#C4B346 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.129 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B346
RGB	rgb(196, 179, 70)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 64.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.51, -6.83, 56.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.51, 56.44, 96.95°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.0234 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.129 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.9922, 44.4199, 12.2605)
Luminance	0.4442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B346 #4657C4

analogous

#C47446 #C4B346 #96C446

triadic

#C4B346 #46C4B3 #B346C4

tetradic

#C4B346 #46C474 #4657C4 #C44696

square

#C4B346 #46C474 #4657C4 #C44696

split-complementary

#C4B346 #4696C4 #7446C4

monochromatic

#6D6323 #9B8D32 #C4B346 #D3C674 #E2D9A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C4B346 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#C4B346 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B346

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B346	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B346	1.00	2.12	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.12	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)

#C3AE39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b346;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 179, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.129 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c97e',
    500: '#c4b346',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b346;
$custom-light: #d9c97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b346",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.905,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76067,
    "c": 0.12937,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B346

secondary

#979FCE

accent

#60DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B346

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

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