#C4B448#C4B448

#C4B448 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.129 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B448
RGB	rgb(196, 180, 72)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 63.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.79, -7.23, 55.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.79, 55.93, 97.42°)
OKLab	oklab(76.3% -0.0243 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(76.3% 0.129 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.2575, 44.8478, 12.6656)
Luminance	0.4485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B448 #4858C4

analogous

#C47648 #C4B448 #96C448

triadic

#C4B448 #48C4B4 #B448C4

tetradic

#C4B448 #48C476 #4858C4 #C44896

square

#C4B448 #48C476 #4858C4 #C44896

split-complementary

#C4B448 #4896C4 #7648C4

monochromatic

#6E6423 #9C8F32 #C4B448 #D3C776 #E2DAA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C4B448 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#C4B448 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B448

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B448	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B448	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b448;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 180, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.129 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ca80',
    500: '#c4b448',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b448;
$custom-light: #d9ca80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b448",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.258,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76298,
    "c": 0.12865,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B448

secondary

#99A0CF

accent

#5FDB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B448

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

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