#C4B855#C4B855

#C4B855 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.121 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B855
RGB	rgb(196, 184, 85)
HSL	hsl(54, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 56.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.98, -8.39, 50.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.98, 51.59, 99.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.28% -0.0261 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(77.28% 0.121 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.5465, 46.6741, 15.4131)
Luminance	0.4667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B855 #5561C4

analogous

#C48155 #C4B855 #98C455

triadic

#C4B855 #55C4B8 #B855C4

tetradic

#C4B855 #55C481 #5561C4 #C45598

square

#C4B855 #55C481 #5561C4 #C45598

split-complementary

#C4B855 #5598C4 #8155C4

monochromatic

#766D29 #A39839 #C4B855 #D4CB82 #E4DEB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#C4B855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#C4B855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B855

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B855	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1ADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 184, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.121 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cd88',
    500: '#c4b855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b855;
$custom-light: #d8cd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.514,
    "s": 48.472,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77281,
    "c": 0.12119,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B855

secondary

#A3A8D2

accent

#5ED850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B855

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

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