#C4A22F#C4A22F

#C4A22F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.133 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A22F
RGB	rgb(196, 162, 47)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 76%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, 0.96, 60.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 60.57, 89.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.0037 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.133 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.2004, 37.7839, 8.0751)
Luminance	0.3778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A22F #2F51C4

analogous

#C4582F #C4A22F #9BC42F

triadic

#C4A22F #2FC4A2 #A22FC4

tetradic

#C4A22F #2FC458 #2F51C4 #C42F9B

square

#C4A22F #2FC458 #2F51C4 #C42F9B

split-complementary

#C4A22F #2F9BC4 #582FC4

monochromatic

#615017 #937923 #C4A22F #D7BA59 #E3CF8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#C4A22F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#C4A22F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A22F

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A22F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A22F	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A01A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a22f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 162, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.133 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabd70',
    500: '#c4a22f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a22f;
$custom-light: #dabd70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a22f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.309,
    "s": 61.317,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72337,
    "c": 0.1328,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A22F

secondary

#8293CD

accent

#68E443

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A22F

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

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