#C4A234#C4A234

#C4A234 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.130 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A234
RGB	rgb(196, 162, 52)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 73.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, 1.18, 58.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 58.72, 88.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% -0.0026 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.13 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.3071, 37.8266, 8.6371)
Luminance	0.3782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A234 #3456C4

analogous

#C45A34 #C4A234 #9EC434

triadic

#C4A234 #34C4A2 #A234C4

tetradic

#C4A234 #34C45A #3456C4 #C4349E

square

#C4A234 #34C45A #3456C4 #C4349E

split-complementary

#C4A234 #349EC4 #5A34C4

monochromatic

#63521A #947A27 #C4A234 #D5B960 #E2CF91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#C4A234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#C4A234 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A234

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A234	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)

#B4A023

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA93A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 162, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.130 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabd73',
    500: '#c4a234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a234;
$custom-light: #dabd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.833,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72372,
    "c": 0.12984,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A234

secondary

#8798CC

accent

#6BE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A234

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

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