#C4B844#C4B844

#C4B844 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.135 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B844
RGB	rgb(196, 184, 68)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 65.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.83, -9.55, 58.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.83, 59.04, 99.31°)
OKLab	oklab(77.11% -0.0314 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(77.11% 0.135 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.9504, 46.4357, 12.2736)
Luminance	0.4643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B844 #4450C4

analogous

#C47844 #C4B844 #90C444

triadic

#C4B844 #44C4B8 #B844C4

tetradic

#C4B844 #44C478 #4450C4 #C44490

square

#C4B844 #44C478 #4450C4 #C44490

split-complementary

#C4B844 #4490C4 #7844C4

monochromatic

#6C6522 #9A9031 #C4B844 #D3CA73 #E1DBA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#C4B844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#C4B844 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B844

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B844	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2ACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 184, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.135 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cd7e',
    500: '#c4b844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b844;
$custom-light: #d9cd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.375,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7711,
    "c": 0.13535,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B844

secondary

#969BCE

accent

#5ADB4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B844

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

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