Information about #C4B04E color

#C4B04E color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#C4B04E falls into the Yellow Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(196, 176, 78) — 76.9% red, 69% green, 30.6% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 8 / 46 / 23. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #C4B04E reads as a confidently colored golden yellow and feels open and friendly. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Sundance (#C4AA4D). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Vegas Gold (#C5B358) and Antique Gold Metallic (#CFA94A).

The recipe behind #C4B04E is rgb(196, 176, 78), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #C4B04E: 9.7:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.2:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #C4B04E is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#C4B04E color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#C4B04E color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#C4B04E color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#C4B04E color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#C4B04E color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#C4B04E 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.

Complementary color schemes
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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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.

Analogous color scheme
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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#B14FC4
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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#C44F9D
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Nearest named colors to #C4B04E

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Sundance color link
Sundance

#C4AA4D

Vegas Gold color link
Vegas Gold

#C5B358

Antique Gold Metallic color link
Antique Gold Metallic

#CFA94A

Billy T color link
Billy T

#C1B943

Laser color link
Laser

#C6A95E

Dark Pastel Gold color link
Dark Pastel Gold

#BBA151

Gold Lustre color link
Gold Lustre

#C9B25F

Fall Leaf Brown color link
Fall Leaf Brown

#C8B560

Warm Olive color link
Warm Olive

#C7B63C

Desert color link
Desert

#CCAD60

Olive Green color link
Olive Green

#B5B35C

Brass color link
Brass

#B5A642

#C4B04E color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#C4B04E
  • RGB196, 176, 78
  • CMYK0, 8, 46, 23
  • CSSrgb(196, 176, 78)
  • HSL50°, 50%, 54%
  • HSL Precise49.831°, 50%, 53.725%
  • HSV50°, 60%, 77%
  • HSB50°, 60%, 77%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.769
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.690
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.306
  • GLSLvec3(0.769, 0.690, 0.306)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.769, 0.690, 0.306, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.769, 0.690, 0.306)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB76.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB69%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB30.6%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDC4B04E
  • DECIMAL ID12890190
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers11 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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