#C4A02E#C4A02E

#C4A02E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.132 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A02E
RGB	rgb(196, 160, 46)
HSL	hsl(46, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 76.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.33, 2.00, 60.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.33, 60.46, 88.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.92% -0.0009 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(71.92% 0.132 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.8310, 37.0769, 7.8536)
Luminance	0.3708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A02E #2E52C4

analogous

#C4552E #C4A02E #9DC42E

triadic

#C4A02E #2EC4A0 #A02EC4

tetradic

#C4A02E #2EC455 #2E52C4 #C42E9D

square

#C4A02E #2EC455 #2E52C4 #C42E9D

split-complementary

#C4A02E #2E9DC4 #552EC4

monochromatic

#614F17 #927822 #C4A02E #D8B958 #E3CE89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#C4A02E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#C4A02E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A02E

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A02E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A02E	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)

#B39E19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a02e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 160, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.132 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabb6f',
    500: '#c4a02e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a02e;
$custom-light: #dabb6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a02e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.6,
    "s": 61.983,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7192,
    "c": 0.13226,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A02E

secondary

#8193CD

accent

#6AE543

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A02E

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

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