#C4B845#C4B845

#C4B845 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.135 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B845
RGB	rgb(196, 184, 69)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 64.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.84, -9.49, 57.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.84, 58.63, 99.31°)
OKLab	oklab(77.12% -0.0311 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(77.12% 0.135 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.9812, 46.4480, 12.4357)
Luminance	0.4645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B845 #4551C4

analogous

#C47945 #C4B845 #90C445

triadic

#C4B845 #45C4B8 #B845C4

tetradic

#C4B845 #45C479 #4551C4 #C44590

square

#C4B845 #45C479 #4551C4 #C44590

split-complementary

#C4B845 #4590C4 #7945C4

monochromatic

#6C6522 #9B9131 #C4B845 #D3CA73 #E1DBA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#C4B845 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#C4B845 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B845

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B845	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B845	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)

#C8B236

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2ACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b845;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 184, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.135 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cd7e',
    500: '#c4b845',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b845;
$custom-light: #d9cd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b845",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.331,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77119,
    "c": 0.1346,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B845

secondary

#979CCE

accent

#5ADB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B845

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

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