#C4B656#C4B656

#C4B656 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.118 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B656
RGB	rgb(196, 182, 86)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 56%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 56.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.46, -7.27, 49.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.46, 50.37, 98.30°)
OKLab	oklab(76.87% -0.0228 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(76.87% 0.118 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.1740, 45.8651, 15.4863)
Luminance	0.4586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B656 #5664C4

analogous

#C47F56 #C4B656 #9BC456

triadic

#C4B656 #56C4B6 #B656C4

tetradic

#C4B656 #56C47F #5664C4 #C4569B

square

#C4B656 #56C47F #5664C4 #C4569B

split-complementary

#C4B656 #569BC4 #7F56C4

monochromatic

#766D29 #A49639 #C4B656 #D4CA83 #E4DDB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#C4B656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#C4B656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B656

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B656	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B14D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1ABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 182, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.118 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cb89',
    500: '#c4b656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b656;
$custom-light: #d8cb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.364,
    "s": 48.246,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76869,
    "c": 0.11838,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B656

secondary

#A4AAD2

accent

#61D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B656

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

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