#C4A034#C4A034

#C4A034 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.129 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A034
RGB	rgb(196, 160, 52)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 73.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.37, 2.26, 58.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.37, 58.24, 87.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% 0.0005 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.129 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9576, 37.1276, 8.5206)
Luminance	0.3713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A034 #3458C4

analogous

#C45834 #C4A034 #A0C434

triadic

#C4A034 #34C4A0 #A034C4

tetradic

#C4A034 #34C458 #3458C4 #C434A0

square

#C4A034 #34C458 #3458C4 #C434A0

split-complementary

#C4A034 #34A0C4 #5834C4

monochromatic

#63511A #947927 #C4A034 #D5B860 #E2CD91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#C4A034 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#C4A034 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A034

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A034	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A034	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)

#B29E23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a034;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 160, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.129 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabb73',
    500: '#c4a034',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a034;
$custom-light: #dabb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a034",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71962,
    "c": 0.12873,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A034

secondary

#8799CC

accent

#6DE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A034

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

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