#C4B366#C4B366

#C4B366 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.100 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B366
RGB	rgb(196, 179, 102)
HSL	hsl(49, 44%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 48%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 48%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.85, -4.31, 41.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.85, 41.52, 95.96°)
OKLab	oklab(76.45% -0.0125 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(76.45% 0.1 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.2845, 44.9368, 19.0668)
Luminance	0.4494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B366 #6677C4

analogous

#C48466 #C4B366 #A6C466

triadic

#C4B366 #66C4B3 #B366C4

tetradic

#C4B366 #66C484 #6677C4 #C466A6

square

#C4B366 #66C484 #6677C4 #C466A6

split-complementary

#C4B366 #66A6C4 #8466C4

monochromatic

#7F7131 #AB9842 #C4B366 #D5C992 #E6DFBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C4B366 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#C4B366 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B366

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B366	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B366	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AF60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B569

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A9A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b366;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 179, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.100 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c993',
    500: '#c4b366',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b366;
$custom-light: #d8c993;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b366",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.149,
    "s": 44.34,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76449,
    "c": 0.09976,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B366

secondary

#B0B7D6

accent

#6BD454

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F1

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B366

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

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