#C4A225#C4A225

#C4A225 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.138 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A225
RGB	rgb(196, 162, 37)
HSL	hsl(47, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 81%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 81.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, 0.59, 63.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 63.88, 89.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.0057 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.138 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.0213, 37.7122, 7.1318)
Luminance	0.3771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A225 #2547C4

analogous

#C45325 #C4A225 #96C425

triadic

#C4A225 #25C4A2 #A225C4

tetradic

#C4A225 #25C453 #2547C4 #C42596

square

#C4A225 #25C453 #2547C4 #C42596

split-complementary

#C4A225 #2596C4 #5325C4

monochromatic

#5D4D12 #91771B #C4A225 #DDBD49 #E6D07D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C4A225 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#C4A225 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A225

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A225	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A225	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA92E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a225;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 162, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.138 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbd6b',
    500: '#c4a225',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a225;
$custom-light: #dbbd6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a225",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.17,
    "s": 68.24,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72278,
    "c": 0.13791,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A225

secondary

#7689CF

accent

#62EB3D

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161207

muted

#84817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A225

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

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