#C4A02B#C4A02B

#C4A02B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.134 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A02B
RGB	rgb(196, 160, 43)
HSL	hsl(46, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 78.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.32, 1.88, 61.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.32, 61.50, 88.25°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% -0.0015 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.134 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.7739, 37.0541, 7.5530)
Luminance	0.3705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A02B #2B4FC4

analogous

#C4532B #C4A02B #9CC42B

triadic

#C4A02B #2BC4A0 #A02BC4

tetradic

#C4A02B #2BC453 #2B4FC4 #C42B9C

square

#C4A02B #2BC453 #2B4FC4 #C42B9C

split-complementary

#C4A02B #2B9CC4 #532BC4

monochromatic

#604E15 #927720 #C4A02B #D9BA53 #E4CE85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#C4A02B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#C4A02B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A02B

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A02B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A02B	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a02b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 160, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.134 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabb6e',
    500: '#c4a02b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a02b;
$custom-light: #dabb6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a02b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71901,
    "c": 0.13388,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A02B

secondary

#7D90CE

accent

#68E741

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A02B

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

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