#C4B446#C4B446

#C4B446 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.130 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B446
RGB	rgb(196, 180, 70)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 64.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.77, -7.35, 56.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.77, 56.78, 97.44°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% -0.0249 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.13 101)
XYZ	xyz(40.1933, 44.8222, 12.3275)
Luminance	0.4482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B446 #4656C4

analogous

#C47546 #C4B446 #95C446

triadic

#C4B446 #46C4B4 #B446C4

tetradic

#C4B446 #46C475 #4656C4 #C44695

square

#C4B446 #46C475 #4656C4 #C44695

split-complementary

#C4B446 #4695C4 #7546C4

monochromatic

#6D6323 #9B8E32 #C4B446 #D3C774 #E2DAA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C4B446 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#C4B446 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B446

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B446	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B446	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)

#C4AF39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B54C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b446;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 180, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.130 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ca7f',
    500: '#c4b446',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b446;
$custom-light: #d9ca7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b446",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.381,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76279,
    "c": 0.13024,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.4482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B446

secondary

#979ECE

accent

#5FDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B446

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

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