#C4B444#C4B444

#C4B444 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.132 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B444
RGB	rgb(196, 180, 68)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 65.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.76, -7.47, 57.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.76, 57.63, 97.45°)
OKLab	oklab(76.26% -0.0255 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(76.26% 0.132 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.1313, 44.7973, 12.0006)
Luminance	0.4480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B444 #4454C4

analogous

#C47444 #C4B444 #94C444

triadic

#C4B444 #44C4B4 #B444C4

tetradic

#C4B444 #44C474 #4454C4 #C44494

square

#C4B444 #44C474 #4454C4 #C44494

split-complementary

#C4B444 #4494C4 #7444C4

monochromatic

#6C6222 #9A8D31 #C4B444 #D3C773 #E1D9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C4B444 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#C4B444 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B444

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B444	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B444	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B54A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b444;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 180, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.132 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ca7d',
    500: '#c4b444',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b444;
$custom-light: #d9ca7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b444",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7626,
    "c": 0.13178,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B444

secondary

#969DCE

accent

#5EDB4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B444

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

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