Information about #C4B149 color
Basic facts about this digital color
A clearly saturated sunny yellow, #C4B149 carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Sundance (#C4AA4D). Slightly further away sit Billy T (#C1B943) and Antique Gold Metallic (#CFA94A).
Technically, the mix leans on its red channel (rgb(196, 177, 73)), which gives #C4B149 its character. On this background, black text reaches a 9.7:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.2:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #C4B149 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#C4B149 color variations
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#C4B149 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#C4B149 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#C4B149 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#C4B149 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#C4B149 color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #C4B149 color
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Nearest named colors to #C4B149
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#C4AA4D
#C1B943
#CFA94A
#C7B63C
#C5B358
#CFB53B
#B5A642
#BBA151
#C2A03D
#C6A95E
#C9B25F
#D3AF37
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#C4B149
- RGB196, 177, 73
- CMYK0, 7, 48, 23
- CSSrgb(196, 177, 73)
- HSL51°, 51%, 53%
- HSL Precise50.732°, 51.037%, 52.745%
- HSV51°, 63%, 77%
- HSB51°, 63%, 77%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.769
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.694
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.286
- GLSLvec3(0.769, 0.694, 0.286)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.769, 0.694, 0.286, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.769, 0.694, 0.286)
- Percentage of Red in RGB76.9%
- Percentage of Green in RGB69.4%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB28.6%
- Color FamilyYellow
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX IDC4B149
- DECIMAL ID12890441
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers13 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
