#C4B454#C4B454

#C4B454 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.118 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B454
RGB	rgb(196, 180, 84)
HSL	hsl(51, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 57.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.91, -6.38, 50.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.91, 50.55, 97.25°)
OKLab	oklab(76.42% -0.0205 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(76.42% 0.118 100)
XYZ	xyz(40.6879, 45.0200, 14.9323)
Luminance	0.4502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B454 #5464C4

analogous

#C47C54 #C4B454 #9CC454

triadic

#C4B454 #54C4B4 #B454C4

tetradic

#C4B454 #54C47C #5464C4 #C4549C

square

#C4B454 #54C47C #5464C4 #C4549C

split-complementary

#C4B454 #549CC4 #7C54C4

monochromatic

#756A28 #A39338 #C4B454 #D4C882 #E3DCAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C4B454 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#C4B454 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B454

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B454	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B454	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b454;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 180, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.118 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8ca87',
    500: '#c4b454',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b454;
$custom-light: #d8ca87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b454",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 48.696,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76424,
    "c": 0.11838,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.45018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B454

secondary

#A2A9D1

accent

#63D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B454

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

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