#C4B646#C4B646

#C4B646 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.132 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B646
RGB	rgb(196, 182, 70)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 64.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.31, -8.39, 56.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.31, 57.49, 98.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.7% -0.0278 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(76.7% 0.132 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.6000, 45.6355, 12.4631)
Luminance	0.4563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B646 #4654C4

analogous

#C47746 #C4B646 #93C446

triadic

#C4B646 #46C4B6 #B646C4

tetradic

#C4B646 #46C477 #4654C4 #C44693

square

#C4B646 #46C477 #4654C4 #C44693

split-complementary

#C4B646 #4693C4 #7746C4

monochromatic

#6D6523 #9B9032 #C4B646 #D3C874 #E2DBA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C4B646 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#C4B646 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B646

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B646	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B646	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B138

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2AA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b646;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 182, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.132 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cb7f',
    500: '#c4b646',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b646;
$custom-light: #d9cb7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b646",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76703,
    "c": 0.13201,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B646

secondary

#979ECE

accent

#5DDB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B646

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

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