#C4B644#C4B644

#C4B644 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.134 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B644
RGB	rgb(196, 182, 68)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 65.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.29, -8.51, 57.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.29, 58.33, 98.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.68% -0.0284 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(76.68% 0.134 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.5379, 45.6107, 12.1361)
Luminance	0.4561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B644 #4452C4

analogous

#C47644 #C4B644 #92C444

triadic

#C4B644 #44C4B6 #B644C4

tetradic

#C4B644 #44C476 #4452C4 #C44492

square

#C4B644 #44C476 #4452C4 #C44492

split-complementary

#C4B644 #4492C4 #7644C4

monochromatic

#6C6422 #9A8F31 #C4B644 #D3C873 #E1DAA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C4B644 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#C4B644 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B644

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B644	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B644	1.00	2.07	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B035

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b644;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 182, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.134 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cb7d',
    500: '#c4b644',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b644;
$custom-light: #d9cb7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b644",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.438,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76684,
    "c": 0.13354,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B644

secondary

#969CCE

accent

#5CDB4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B644

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

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