#C4B470#C4B470

#C4B470 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.090 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B470
RGB	rgb(196, 180, 112)
HSL	hsl(49, 42%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 43%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 42.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.25, -3.83, 36.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.25, 36.89, 95.97°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% -0.0102 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.09 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.0118, 45.5496, 21.9050)
Luminance	0.4555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B470 #7080C4

analogous

#C48A70 #C4B470 #AAC470

triadic

#C4B470 #70C4B4 #B470C4

tetradic

#C4B470 #70C48A #7080C4 #C470AA

square

#C4B470 #70C48A #7080C4 #C470AA

split-complementary

#C4B470 #70AAC4 #8A70C4

monochromatic

#837536 #AF9B48 #C4B470 #D6CB9B #E8E1C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C4B470 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#C4B470 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B470

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B470	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B470	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B16B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B673

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0ABA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b470;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 180, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.090 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7ca9a',
    500: '#c4b470',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b470;
$custom-light: #d7ca9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b470",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 41.584,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76812,
    "c": 0.08984,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B470

secondary

#B8BED8

accent

#4AB531

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#15130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B470

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

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