#C4B461#C4B461

#C4B461 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.106 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B461
RGB	rgb(196, 180, 97)
HSL	hsl(50, 46%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 51%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 50.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.05, -5.30, 44.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.05, 44.36, 96.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76.59% -0.0159 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(76.59% 0.106 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.2452, 45.2429, 17.8671)
Luminance	0.4524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B461 #6171C4

analogous

#C48361 #C4B461 #A3C461

triadic

#C4B461 #61C4B4 #B461C4

tetradic

#C4B461 #61C483 #6171C4 #C461A3

square

#C4B461 #61C483 #6171C4 #C461A3

split-complementary

#C4B461 #61A3C4 #8361C4

monochromatic

#7C702E #A9983F #C4B461 #D5C98E #E5DEBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C4B461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#C4B461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B461

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B461	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B05A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B665

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A9A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 180, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.106 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8ca90',
    500: '#c4b461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b461;
$custom-light: #d8ca90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.303,
    "s": 45.622,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76587,
    "c": 0.10584,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B461

secondary

#ACB3D4

accent

#68D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B461

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

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