#C4B544#C4B544

#C4B544 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.133 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C4B544
RGBrgb(196, 181, 68)
HSLhsl(53, 52%, 52%)
HSVhsv(53, 65%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 7.7%, 65.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(73.03, -7.99, 57.42)
CIE-LCHlch(73.03, 57.97, 97.93°)
OKLaboklab(76.47% -0.0269 0.1299)
OKLCHoklch(76.47% 0.133 101.7)
XYZxyz(40.3339, 45.2025, 12.0681)
Luminance0.4520 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C4B544 #4453C4
analogous
#C47544 #C4B544 #93C444
triadic
#C4B544 #44C4B5 #B544C4
tetradic
#C4B544 #44C475 #4453C4 #C44493
square
#C4B544 #44C475 #4453C4 #C44493
split-complementary
#C4B544 #4493C4 #7544C4
monochromatic
#6C6322 #9A8E31 #C4B544 #D3C773 #E1DAA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09
#C4B544 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04
#C4B544 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B544
10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C4B544#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C4B5441.002.0910.0410.04
#FFFFFF2.091.0021.0021.00
#00000010.0421.001.001.00
##00000010.0421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C5B036
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C9B64A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D2A99E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c4b544;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 181, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.133 101.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ca7d',
    500: '#c4b544',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c4b544;
$custom-light: #d9ca7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c4b544",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.969,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76472,
    "c": 0.13265,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C4B544
secondary
#969CCE
accent
#5DDB4C
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FBF8EE
border
#D4D1C9
text
#15130A
muted
#83827C

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#C4B544 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva