#C4B554#C4B554

#C4B554 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.119 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B554
RGB	rgb(196, 181, 84)
HSL	hsl(52, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 57%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 57.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.17, -6.90, 50.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.17, 50.92, 97.79°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% -0.022 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.119 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.8905, 45.4252, 14.9998)
Luminance	0.4542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B554 #5463C4

analogous

#C47D54 #C4B554 #9BC454

triadic

#C4B554 #54C4B5 #B554C4

tetradic

#C4B554 #54C47D #5463C4 #C4549B

square

#C4B554 #54C47D #5463C4 #C4549B

split-complementary

#C4B554 #549BC4 #7D54C4

monochromatic

#756B28 #A39438 #C4B554 #D4C982 #E3DCAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C4B554 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#C4B554 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B554

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B554	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B554	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)

#C4B04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2AA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b554;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 181, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.119 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8ca87',
    500: '#c4b554',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b554;
$custom-light: #d8ca87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b554",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.964,
    "s": 48.696,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76635,
    "c": 0.11928,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B554

secondary

#A2A9D1

accent

#62D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B554

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

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