#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
RGB	rgb(196, 181, 68)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 65.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.03, -7.99, 57.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.03, 57.97, 97.93°)
OKLab	oklab(76.47% -0.0269 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(76.47% 0.133 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.3339, 45.2025, 12.0681)
Luminance	0.4520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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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
##C4B544	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B544

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

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