#C4A22B#C4A22B

#C4A22B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.135 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A22B
RGB	rgb(196, 162, 43)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 78.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.84, 0.80, 61.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.84, 61.96, 89.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% -0.0046 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.135 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.1234, 37.7531, 7.6695)
Luminance	0.3775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A22B #2B4DC4

analogous

#C4562B #C4A22B #9AC42B

triadic

#C4A22B #2BC4A2 #A22BC4

tetradic

#C4A22B #2BC456 #2B4DC4 #C42B9A

square

#C4A22B #2BC456 #2B4DC4 #C42B9A

split-complementary

#C4A22B #2B9AC4 #562BC4

monochromatic

#604F15 #927920 #C4A22B #D9BB53 #E4CF85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C4A22B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#C4A22B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A22B

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A22B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A22B	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A012

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a22b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 162, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.135 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabd6e',
    500: '#c4a22b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a22b;
$custom-light: #dabd6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a22b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72312,
    "c": 0.13498,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A22B

secondary

#7D8FCE

accent

#66E741

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A22B

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

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