#C4B34D#C4B34D

#C4B34D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.124 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B34D
RGB	rgb(196, 179, 77)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 60.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.57, -6.37, 53.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.57, 53.38, 96.85°)
OKLab	oklab(76.14% -0.0213 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(76.14% 0.124 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.2262, 44.5135, 13.4928)
Luminance	0.4451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B34D #4D5EC4

analogous

#C4774D #C4B34D #99C44D

triadic

#C4B34D #4DC4B3 #B34DC4

tetradic

#C4B34D #4DC477 #4D5EC4 #C44D99

square

#C4B34D #4DC477 #4D5EC4 #C44D99

split-complementary

#C4B34D #4D99C4 #774DC4

monochromatic

#716625 #9F9035 #C4B34D #D3C77B #E2DAA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C4B34D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#C4B34D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B34D

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B34D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B34D	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B552

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b34d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 179, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.124 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c983',
    500: '#c4b34d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b34d;
$custom-light: #d9c983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b34d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 50.211,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76137,
    "c": 0.12365,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B34D

secondary

#9DA4D0

accent

#62DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B34D

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

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