#C4B954#C4B954

#C4B954 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.123 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B954
RGB	rgb(196, 185, 84)
HSL	hsl(54, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 57.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.24, -8.98, 51.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.24, 52.44, 99.86°)
OKLab	oklab(77.48% -0.0279 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(77.48% 0.123 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.7155, 47.0753, 15.2748)
Luminance	0.4707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B954 #545FC4

analogous

#C48154 #C4B954 #97C454

triadic

#C4B954 #54C4B9 #B954C4

tetradic

#C4B954 #54C481 #545FC4 #C45497

square

#C4B954 #54C481 #545FC4 #C45497

split-complementary

#C4B954 #5497C4 #8154C4

monochromatic

#756E28 #A39838 #C4B954 #D4CC82 #E3DEAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#C4B954 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#C4B954 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B954

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B954	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B954	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)

#C8B34A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1AEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b954;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 185, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.123 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cd87',
    500: '#c4b954',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b954;
$custom-light: #d8cd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b954",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.107,
    "s": 48.696,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77482,
    "c": 0.12305,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B954

secondary

#A2A7D1

accent

#5DD850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B954

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

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