#C4B351#C4B351

#C4B351 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.120 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B351
RGB	rgb(196, 179, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 49%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 58.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.61, -6.08, 51.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.61, 51.57, 96.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% -0.02 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.12 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.3718, 44.5717, 14.2596)
Luminance	0.4457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B351 #5162C4

analogous

#C47A51 #C4B351 #9CC451

triadic

#C4B351 #51C4B3 #B351C4

tetradic

#C4B351 #51C47A #5162C4 #C4519C

square

#C4B351 #51C47A #5162C4 #C4519C

split-complementary

#C4B351 #519CC4 #7A51C4

monochromatic

#736827 #A19137 #C4B351 #D3C77F #E3DBAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C4B351 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#C4B351 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B351

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B351	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B351	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b351;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 179, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.120 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c985',
    500: '#c4b351',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b351;
$custom-light: #d8c985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b351",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.13,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7618,
    "c": 0.12018,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B351

secondary

#A0A7D1

accent

#63D94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B351

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

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