#C4A22D#C4A22D

#C4A22D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.134 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A22D
RGB	rgb(196, 162, 45)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 77%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, 0.88, 61.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 61.27, 89.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% -0.0042 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.134 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.1610, 37.7681, 7.8675)
Luminance	0.3777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A22D #2D4FC4

analogous

#C4562D #C4A22D #9BC42D

triadic

#C4A22D #2DC4A2 #A22DC4

tetradic

#C4A22D #2DC456 #2D4FC4 #C42D9B

square

#C4A22D #2DC456 #2D4FC4 #C42D9B

split-complementary

#C4A22D #2D9BC4 #562DC4

monochromatic

#605016 #927922 #C4A22D #D8BB56 #E4CF88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C4A22D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#C4A22D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A22D

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A22D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A22D	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)

#B4A016

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a22d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 162, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.134 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabd6f',
    500: '#c4a22d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a22d;
$custom-light: #dabd6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a22d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.49,
    "s": 62.656,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72324,
    "c": 0.1339,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A22D

secondary

#8091CD

accent

#67E642

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A22D

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

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