#C4B951#C4B951

#C4B951 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.126 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B951
RGB	rgb(196, 185, 81)
HSL	hsl(54, 49%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(54, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 58.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.21, -9.20, 53.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.21, 53.80, 99.85°)
OKLab	oklab(77.45% -0.0289 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(77.45% 0.126 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.6006, 47.0293, 14.6692)
Luminance	0.4703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B951 #515CC4

analogous

#C48051 #C4B951 #96C451

triadic

#C4B951 #51C4B9 #B951C4

tetradic

#C4B951 #51C480 #515CC4 #C45196

square

#C4B951 #51C480 #515CC4 #C45196

split-complementary

#C4B951 #5196C4 #8051C4

monochromatic

#736C27 #A19737 #C4B951 #D3CB7F #E3DEAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#C4B951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#C4B951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B951

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B951	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2ADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 185, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.126 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cd86',
    500: '#c4b951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b951;
$custom-light: #d8cd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.261,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77449,
    "c": 0.12572,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B951

secondary

#A0A5D1

accent

#5CD94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B951

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

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