#C4B651#C4B651

#C4B651 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.123 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B651
RGB	rgb(196, 182, 81)
HSL	hsl(53, 49%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 58.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.41, -7.65, 52.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.41, 52.66, 98.35°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% -0.0245 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.123 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.9796, 45.7873, 14.4622)
Luminance	0.4579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B651 #515FC4

analogous

#C47D51 #C4B651 #98C451

triadic

#C4B651 #51C4B6 #B651C4

tetradic

#C4B651 #51C47D #515FC4 #C45198

square

#C4B651 #51C47D #515FC4 #C45198

split-complementary

#C4B651 #5198C4 #7D51C4

monochromatic

#736A27 #A19437 #C4B651 #D3C97F #E3DCAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C4B651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#C4B651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B651

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B651	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2AAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 182, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.123 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cb85',
    500: '#c4b651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b651;
$custom-light: #d8cb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.696,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76813,
    "c": 0.12289,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B651

secondary

#A0A6D1

accent

#60D94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B651

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

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