#C4A325#C4A325

#C4A325 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.138 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A325
RGB	rgb(196, 163, 37)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 81%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 81.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, 0.06, 64.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 64.11, 89.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.0073 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.138 93)
XYZ	xyz(36.1982, 38.0659, 7.1908)
Luminance	0.3806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A325 #2546C4

analogous

#C45325 #C4A325 #95C425

triadic

#C4A325 #25C4A3 #A325C4

tetradic

#C4A325 #25C453 #2546C4 #C42595

square

#C4A325 #25C453 #2546C4 #C42595

split-complementary

#C4A325 #2595C4 #5325C4

monochromatic

#5D4D12 #91781B #C4A325 #DDBE49 #E6D17D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C4A325 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#C4A325 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A325

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A325	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A325	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a325;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 163, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.138 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbd6c',
    500: '#c4a325',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a325;
$custom-light: #dbbd6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a325",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.547,
    "s": 68.24,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72485,
    "c": 0.13848,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.38064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A325

secondary

#7689CF

accent

#61EB3D

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161207

muted

#84817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A325

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

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