#C4A030#C4A030

#C4A030 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.131 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A030
RGB	rgb(196, 160, 48)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 76%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 75.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.35, 2.08, 59.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.35, 59.74, 88.01°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% -0.0004 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.131 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.8713, 37.0930, 8.0660)
Luminance	0.3709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A030 #3054C4

analogous

#C45630 #C4A030 #9EC430

triadic

#C4A030 #30C4A0 #A030C4

tetradic

#C4A030 #30C456 #3054C4 #C4309E

square

#C4A030 #30C456 #3054C4 #C4309E

split-complementary

#C4A030 #309EC4 #5630C4

monochromatic

#625018 #937824 #C4A030 #D7B85A #E3CE8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#C4A030 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#C4A030 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A030

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A030	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A030	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a030;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 160, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.131 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabb70',
    500: '#c4a030',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a030;
$custom-light: #dabb70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a030",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.405,
    "s": 60.656,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71933,
    "c": 0.13113,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A030

secondary

#8395CD

accent

#6BE444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A030

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

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