#C4B577#C4B577

#C4B577 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.083 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B577
RGB	rgb(196, 181, 119)
HSL	hsl(48, 39%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 39%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 39.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.62, -3.60, 33.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.62, 33.72, 96.12°)
OKLab	oklab(77.14% -0.0089 0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(77.14% 0.083 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.6195, 46.1168, 24.1056)
Luminance	0.4612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B577 #7786C4

analogous

#C48F77 #C4B577 #ADC477

triadic

#C4B577 #77C4B5 #B577C4

tetradic

#C4B577 #77C48F #7786C4 #C477AD

square

#C4B577 #77C48F #7786C4 #C477AD

split-complementary

#C4B577 #77ADC4 #8F77C4

monochromatic

#86783A #B19D4D #C4B577 #D7CCA2 #E9E3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#C4B577 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#C4B577 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B577

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B577	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B577	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B272

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFACA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b577;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 181, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.083 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7cb9f',
    500: '#c4b577',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b577;
$custom-light: #d7cb9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b577",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.312,
    "s": 39.487,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77138,
    "c": 0.08285,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B577

secondary

#BDC3DA

accent

#4CB233

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B577

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

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