#C4A230#C4A230

#C4A230 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.132 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A230
RGB	rgb(196, 162, 48)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 75.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, 1.01, 60.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 60.21, 89.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.0035 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.132 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.2208, 37.7920, 8.1825)
Luminance	0.3779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A230 #3052C4

analogous

#C45830 #C4A230 #9CC430

triadic

#C4A230 #30C4A2 #A230C4

tetradic

#C4A230 #30C458 #3052C4 #C4309C

square

#C4A230 #30C458 #3052C4 #C4309C

split-complementary

#C4A230 #309CC4 #5830C4

monochromatic

#625118 #937924 #C4A230 #D7BA5A #E3CF8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#C4A230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#C4A230 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A230

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A230	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)

#B4A01C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 162, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.132 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabd71',
    500: '#c4a230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a230;
$custom-light: #dabd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.216,
    "s": 60.656,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72344,
    "c": 0.13223,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A230

secondary

#8394CD

accent

#69E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A230

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

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