#C4B545#C4B545

#C4B545 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.132 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B545
RGB	rgb(196, 181, 69)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 64.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.03, -7.93, 57.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.03, 57.56, 97.92°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% -0.0266 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.132 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.3646, 45.2148, 12.2302)
Luminance	0.4521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B545 #4554C4

analogous

#C47545 #C4B545 #94C445

triadic

#C4B545 #45C4B5 #B545C4

tetradic

#C4B545 #45C475 #4554C4 #C44594

square

#C4B545 #45C475 #4554C4 #C44594

split-complementary

#C4B545 #4594C4 #7545C4

monochromatic

#6C6422 #9B8E31 #C4B545 #D3C773 #E1DAA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C4B545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#C4B545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B545

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B545	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)

#C5B037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 181, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.132 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ca7e',
    500: '#c4b545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b545;
$custom-light: #d9ca7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.913,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76481,
    "c": 0.13189,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B545

secondary

#979DCE

accent

#5DDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B545

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

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