#C4B751#C4B751

#C4B751 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.124 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B751
RGB	rgb(196, 183, 81)
HSL	hsl(53, 49%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 58.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.67, -8.17, 52.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.67, 53.04, 98.86°)
OKLab	oklab(77.03% -0.0259 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(77.03% 0.124 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.1851, 46.1984, 14.5307)
Luminance	0.4620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B751 #515EC4

analogous

#C47E51 #C4B751 #98C451

triadic

#C4B751 #51C4B7 #B751C4

tetradic

#C4B751 #51C47E #515EC4 #C45198

square

#C4B751 #51C47E #515EC4 #C45198

split-complementary

#C4B751 #5198C4 #7E51C4

monochromatic

#736B27 #A19537 #C4B751 #D3CA7F #E3DDAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#C4B751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#C4B751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B751

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B751	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2ABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 183, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.124 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cc85',
    500: '#c4b751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b751;
$custom-light: #d8cc85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.217,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77025,
    "c": 0.12382,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B751

secondary

#A0A6D1

accent

#5FD94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B751

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

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