#C4B347#C4B347

#C4B347 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.129 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B347
RGB	rgb(196, 179, 71)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 63.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.52, -6.77, 55.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.52, 56.01, 96.94°)
OKLab	oklab(76.08% -0.0231 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(76.08% 0.129 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.0240, 44.4326, 12.4281)
Luminance	0.4443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B347 #4758C4

analogous

#C47547 #C4B347 #97C447

triadic

#C4B347 #47C4B3 #B347C4

tetradic

#C4B347 #47C475 #4758C4 #C44797

square

#C4B347 #47C475 #4758C4 #C44797

split-complementary

#C4B347 #4797C4 #7547C4

monochromatic

#6D6323 #9C8D32 #C4B347 #D3C675 #E2D9A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C4B347 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#C4B347 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B347

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B347	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B347	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)

#C3AE3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b347;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 179, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.129 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c97f',
    500: '#c4b347',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b347;
$custom-light: #d9c97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b347",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.84,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76077,
    "c": 0.12858,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B347

secondary

#98A0CF

accent

#60DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B347

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

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