#C4A135#C4A135

#C4A135 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.129 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A135
RGB	rgb(196, 161, 53)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, 1.77, 58.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 58.09, 88.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% -0.0008 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.129 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.1545, 37.4848, 8.6985)
Luminance	0.3748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A135 #3558C4

analogous

#C45A35 #C4A135 #A0C435

triadic

#C4A135 #35C4A1 #A135C4

tetradic

#C4A135 #35C45A #3558C4 #C435A0

square

#C4A135 #35C45A #3558C4 #C435A0

split-complementary

#C4A135 #35A0C4 #5A35C4

monochromatic

#64521B #947928 #C4A135 #D4B862 #E1CE92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#C4A135 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#C4A135 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A135

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A135	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A135	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a135;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 161, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.129 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabc73',
    500: '#c4a135',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a135;
$custom-light: #dabc73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a135",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.315,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72174,
    "c": 0.12864,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A135

secondary

#8899CC

accent

#6DE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A135

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

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