#C4B548#C4B548

#C4B548 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.130 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B548
RGB	rgb(196, 181, 72)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 63.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.06, -7.75, 55.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.06, 56.28, 97.91°)
OKLab	oklab(76.51% -0.0258 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(76.51% 0.13 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.4601, 45.2530, 12.7331)
Luminance	0.4525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B548 #4857C4

analogous

#C47748 #C4B548 #95C448

triadic

#C4B548 #48C4B5 #B548C4

tetradic

#C4B548 #48C477 #4857C4 #C44895

square

#C4B548 #48C477 #4857C4 #C44895

split-complementary

#C4B548 #4895C4 #7748C4

monochromatic

#6E6523 #9C9032 #C4B548 #D3C876 #E2DAA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C4B548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#C4B548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B548

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B548	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)

#C5B03B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 181, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.130 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ca80',
    500: '#c4b548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b548;
$custom-light: #d9ca80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.742,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76509,
    "c": 0.12954,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B548

secondary

#999FCF

accent

#5EDB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B548

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

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