#C4C170#C4C170

#C4C170 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.103 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C170
RGB	rgb(196, 193, 112)
HSL	hsl(58, 42%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 43%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 42.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.71, -10.60, 41.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.71, 42.38, 104.48°)
OKLab	oklab(79.55% -0.0297 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(79.55% 0.103 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.7604, 51.0466, 22.8212)
Luminance	0.5105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C170 #7073C4

analogous

#C49770 #C4C170 #9DC470

triadic

#C4C170 #70C4C1 #C170C4

tetradic

#C4C170 #70C497 #7073C4 #C4709D

square

#C4C170 #70C497 #7073C4 #C4709D

split-complementary

#C4C170 #709DC4 #9770C4

monochromatic

#838136 #AFAB48 #C4C170 #D6D49B #E8E7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C4C170 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#C4C170 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C170

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C170	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C170	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDBB69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBF74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c170;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 193, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.103 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7d39a',
    500: '#c4c170',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c170;
$custom-light: #d7d39a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c170",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.857,
    "s": 41.584,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7955,
    "c": 0.10342,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C170

secondary

#4D4F8C

accent

#36B531

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C170

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

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