#C4B44A#C4B44A

#C4B44A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.127 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B44A
RGB	rgb(196, 180, 74)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 62.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.81, -7.10, 54.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.81, 55.06, 97.40°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% -0.0237 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.127 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.3238, 44.8744, 13.0148)
Luminance	0.4487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B44A #4A5AC4

analogous

#C4774A #C4B44A #97C44A

triadic

#C4B44A #4AC4B4 #B44AC4

tetradic

#C4B44A #4AC477 #4A5AC4 #C44A97

square

#C4B44A #4AC477 #4A5AC4 #C44A97

split-complementary

#C4B44A #4A97C4 #774AC4

monochromatic

#6F6524 #9D9033 #C4B44A #D3C778 #E2DAA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C4B44A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#C4B44A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B44A

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B44A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B44A	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)

#C4AF3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B550

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b44a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 180, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.127 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ca81',
    500: '#c4b44a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b44a;
$custom-light: #d9ca81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b44a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.131,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76317,
    "c": 0.12704,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B44A

secondary

#9BA1CF

accent

#60DA4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B44A

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

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