#C4A235#C4A235

#C4A235 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.129 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A235
RGB	rgb(196, 162, 53)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.90, 1.23, 58.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.90, 58.34, 88.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.0023 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.129 91)
XYZ	xyz(36.3299, 37.8357, 8.7569)
Luminance	0.3783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A235 #3557C4

analogous

#C45B35 #C4A235 #9FC435

triadic

#C4A235 #35C4A2 #A235C4

tetradic

#C4A235 #35C45B #3557C4 #C4359F

square

#C4A235 #35C45B #3557C4 #C4359F

split-complementary

#C4A235 #359FC4 #5B35C4

monochromatic

#64521B #947A28 #C4A235 #D4B962 #E1CF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#C4A235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#C4A235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A235

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A235	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A024

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 162, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.129 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabd73',
    500: '#c4a235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a235;
$custom-light: #dabd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.734,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7238,
    "c": 0.1292,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.37833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A235

secondary

#8899CC

accent

#6CE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A235

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

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