#C4A031#C4A031

#C4A031 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.131 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A031
RGB	rgb(196, 160, 49)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 75%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.35, 2.12, 59.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.35, 59.37, 87.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% -0.0002 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.131 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.8922, 37.1014, 8.1760)
Luminance	0.3710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A031 #3155C4

analogous

#C45631 #C4A031 #9EC431

triadic

#C4A031 #31C4A0 #A031C4

tetradic

#C4A031 #31C456 #3155C4 #C4319E

square

#C4A031 #31C456 #3155C4 #C4319E

split-complementary

#C4A031 #319EC4 #5631C4

monochromatic

#625019 #937825 #C4A031 #D6B85C #E2CE8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#C4A031 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#C4A031 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A031

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A031	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A031	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)

#B29E1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a031;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 160, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.131 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabb71',
    500: '#c4a031',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a031;
$custom-light: #dabb71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a031",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.306,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7194,
    "c": 0.13054,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A031

secondary

#8496CD

accent

#6BE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A031

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

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