#C4B756#C4B756

#C4B756 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.119 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B756
RGB	rgb(196, 183, 86)
HSL	hsl(53, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 56%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 56.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.72, -7.79, 50.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.72, 50.75, 98.83°)
OKLab	oklab(77.08% -0.0243 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(77.08% 0.119 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.3796, 46.2761, 15.5548)
Luminance	0.4627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B756 #5663C4

analogous

#C48056 #C4B756 #9AC456

triadic

#C4B756 #56C4B7 #B756C4

tetradic

#C4B756 #56C480 #5663C4 #C4569A

square

#C4B756 #56C480 #5663C4 #C4569A

split-complementary

#C4B756 #569AC4 #8056C4

monochromatic

#766D29 #A49739 #C4B756 #D4CA83 #E4DEB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#C4B756 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#C4B756 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B756

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B756	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B756	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B24C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1ACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b756;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 183, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.119 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cc89',
    500: '#c4b756',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b756;
$custom-light: #d8cc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b756",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.909,
    "s": 48.246,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77081,
    "c": 0.11932,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B756

secondary

#A4A9D2

accent

#60D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B756

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

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