#C4A32E#C4A32E

#C4A32E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.134 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A32E
RGB	rgb(196, 163, 46)
HSL	hsl(47, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 76.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.12, 0.39, 61.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.12, 61.16, 89.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.0055 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.134 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.3574, 38.1296, 8.0290)
Luminance	0.3813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A32E #2E4FC4

analogous

#C4582E #C4A32E #9AC42E

triadic

#C4A32E #2EC4A3 #A32EC4

tetradic

#C4A32E #2EC458 #2E4FC4 #C42E9A

square

#C4A32E #2EC458 #2E4FC4 #C42E9A

split-complementary

#C4A32E #2E9AC4 #582EC4

monochromatic

#615117 #927A22 #C4A32E #D8BB58 #E3CF89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#C4A32E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#C4A32E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A32E

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A32E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A32E	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A018

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a32e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 163, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.134 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabd70',
    500: '#c4a32e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a32e;
$custom-light: #dabd70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a32e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.8,
    "s": 61.983,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72537,
    "c": 0.13393,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A32E

secondary

#8191CD

accent

#66E543

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A32E

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

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