#C4B571#C4B571

#C4B571 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.090 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B571
RGB	rgb(196, 181, 113)
HSL	hsl(49, 41%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 42%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 42.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.53, -4.25, 36.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.53, 36.78, 96.64°)
OKLab	oklab(77.04% -0.0113 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(77.04% 0.09 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.2704, 45.9772, 22.2674)
Luminance	0.4598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B571 #7180C4

analogous

#C48B71 #C4B571 #A9C471

triadic

#C4B571 #71C4B5 #B571C4

tetradic

#C4B571 #71C48B #7180C4 #C471A9

square

#C4B571 #71C48B #7180C4 #C471A9

split-complementary

#C4B571 #71A9C4 #8B71C4

monochromatic

#847637 #AF9D49 #C4B571 #D6CC9C #E8E2C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#C4B571 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#C4B571 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B571

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B571	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B571	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B26C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B774

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0ACA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b571;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 181, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.090 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7cb9b',
    500: '#c4b571',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b571;
$custom-light: #d7cb9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b571",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.157,
    "s": 41.294,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77036,
    "c": 0.08967,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B571

secondary

#B9BED8

accent

#49B431

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#15130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B571

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

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