#C4B650#C4B650

#C4B650 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.124 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B650
RGB	rgb(196, 182, 80)
HSL	hsl(53, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 59.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.40, -7.72, 52.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.40, 53.12, 98.36°)
OKLab	oklab(76.8% -0.0248 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(76.8% 0.124 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.9424, 45.7724, 14.2662)
Luminance	0.4577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B650 #505EC4

analogous

#C47C50 #C4B650 #98C450

triadic

#C4B650 #50C4B6 #B650C4

tetradic

#C4B650 #50C47C #505EC4 #C45098

square

#C4B650 #50C47C #505EC4 #C45098

split-complementary

#C4B650 #5098C4 #7C50C4

monochromatic

#736A27 #A19436 #C4B650 #D3C97E #E3DCAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C4B650 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#C4B650 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B650

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B650	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B650	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2AAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b650;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 182, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.124 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cb85',
    500: '#c4b650',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b650;
$custom-light: #d9cb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b650",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.759,
    "s": 49.573,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76802,
    "c": 0.12377,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B650

secondary

#9FA5D1

accent

#5FD94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B650

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

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