#C4A22E#C4A22E

#C4A22E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.133 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A22E
RGB	rgb(196, 162, 46)
HSL	hsl(46, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 76.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, 0.92, 60.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 60.92, 89.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.0039 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.133 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.1805, 37.7759, 7.9701)
Luminance	0.3777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A22E #2E50C4

analogous

#C4572E #C4A22E #9BC42E

triadic

#C4A22E #2EC4A2 #A22EC4

tetradic

#C4A22E #2EC457 #2E50C4 #C42E9B

square

#C4A22E #2EC457 #2E50C4 #C42E9B

split-complementary

#C4A22E #2E9BC4 #572EC4

monochromatic

#615017 #927922 #C4A22E #D8BB58 #E3CF89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#C4A22E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#C4A22E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A22E

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A22E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A22E	1.00	2.45	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.45	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)

#B4A018

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a22e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 162, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.133 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabd70',
    500: '#c4a22e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a22e;
$custom-light: #dabd70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a22e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.4,
    "s": 61.983,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72331,
    "c": 0.13336,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A22E

secondary

#8192CD

accent

#68E543

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A22E

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

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