#C4B552#C4B552

#C4B552 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.121 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B552
RGB	rgb(196, 181, 82)
HSL	hsl(52, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 58.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.15, -7.05, 51.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.15, 51.84, 97.82°)
OKLab	oklab(76.61% -0.0226 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(76.61% 0.121 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.8133, 45.3943, 14.5931)
Luminance	0.4539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B552 #5261C4

analogous

#C47C52 #C4B552 #9AC452

triadic

#C4B552 #52C4B5 #B552C4

tetradic

#C4B552 #52C47C #5261C4 #C4529A

square

#C4B552 #52C47C #5261C4 #C4529A

split-complementary

#C4B552 #529AC4 #7C52C4

monochromatic

#746A28 #A29437 #C4B552 #D4C980 #E3DCAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C4B552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#C4B552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B552

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B552	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 181, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.121 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8ca86',
    500: '#c4b552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b552;
$custom-light: #d8ca86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.105,
    "s": 49.138,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76612,
    "c": 0.12109,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B552

secondary

#A1A7D1

accent

#61D94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B552

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

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