#C49C23#C49C23

#C49C23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.136 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49C23
RGB	rgb(196, 156, 35)
HSL	hsl(45, 70%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(45, 82%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 82.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.24, 3.75, 63.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.24, 63.24, 86.60°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% 0.0031 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.136 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9590, 35.6364, 6.6270)
Luminance	0.3563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49C23 #234BC4

analogous

#C44B23 #C49C23 #9CC423

triadic

#C49C23 #23C49C #9C23C4

tetradic

#C49C23 #23C44B #234BC4 #C4239C

square

#C49C23 #23C44B #234BC4 #C4239C

split-complementary

#C49C23 #239CC4 #4B23C4

monochromatic

#5C4910 #90731A #C49C23 #DEB846 #E7CC7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#C49C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#C49C23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49C23

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49C23	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A62B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 156, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.136 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb86a',
    500: '#c49c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49c23;
$custom-light: #dbb86a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.093,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7104,
    "c": 0.13576,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49C23

secondary

#748ACF

accent

#67ED3B

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49C23

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

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