#C4B352#C4B352

#C4B352 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.119 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B352
RGB	rgb(196, 179, 82)
HSL	hsl(51, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 58.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.62, -6.01, 50.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.62, 51.11, 96.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% -0.0196 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.119 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.4095, 44.5868, 14.4586)
Luminance	0.4459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B352 #5263C4

analogous

#C47A52 #C4B352 #9CC452

triadic

#C4B352 #52C4B3 #B352C4

tetradic

#C4B352 #52C47A #5263C4 #C4529C

square

#C4B352 #52C47A #5263C4 #C4529C

split-complementary

#C4B352 #529CC4 #7A52C4

monochromatic

#746928 #A29237 #C4B352 #D4C780 #E3DBAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C4B352 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#C4B352 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B352

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B352	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B352	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AF48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b352;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 179, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.119 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c986',
    500: '#c4b352',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b352;
$custom-light: #d8c986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b352",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.053,
    "s": 49.138,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76191,
    "c": 0.11929,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B352

secondary

#A1A8D1

accent

#64D94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B352

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