#C4A32B#C4A32B

#C4A32B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.136 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A32B
RGB	rgb(196, 163, 43)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 78.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, 0.27, 62.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 62.19, 89.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.0061 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.136 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.3003, 38.1068, 7.7284)
Luminance	0.3810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A32B #2B4CC4

analogous

#C4572B #C4A32B #99C42B

triadic

#C4A32B #2BC4A3 #A32BC4

tetradic

#C4A32B #2BC457 #2B4CC4 #C42B99

square

#C4A32B #2BC457 #2B4CC4 #C42B99

split-complementary

#C4A32B #2B99C4 #572BC4

monochromatic

#605015 #927920 #C4A32B #D9BC53 #E4D085

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C4A32B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#C4A32B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A32B

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A32B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A32B	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A011

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a32b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 163, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.136 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabd6e',
    500: '#c4a32b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a32b;
$custom-light: #dabd6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a32b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.059,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72518,
    "c": 0.13555,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A32B

secondary

#7D8FCE

accent

#65E741

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A32B

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

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