#C4B645#C4B645

#C4B645 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.133 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B645
RGB	rgb(196, 182, 69)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 64.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.30, -8.45, 57.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.30, 57.91, 98.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.69% -0.0281 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(76.69% 0.133 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.5687, 45.6230, 12.2982)
Luminance	0.4562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B645 #4553C4

analogous

#C47745 #C4B645 #93C445

triadic

#C4B645 #45C4B6 #B645C4

tetradic

#C4B645 #45C477 #4553C4 #C44593

square

#C4B645 #45C477 #4553C4 #C44593

split-complementary

#C4B645 #4593C4 #7745C4

monochromatic

#6C6422 #9B8F31 #C4B645 #D3C873 #E1DAA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C4B645 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#C4B645 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B645

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B645	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B645	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)

#C6B137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b645;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 182, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.133 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cb7e',
    500: '#c4b645',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b645;
$custom-light: #d9cb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b645",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.386,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76693,
    "c": 0.13277,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B645

secondary

#979DCE

accent

#5CDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B645

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

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