#C4A335#C4A335

#C4A335 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.130 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A335
RGB	rgb(196, 163, 53)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, 0.69, 58.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 58.58, 89.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.0038 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.13 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5068, 38.1894, 8.8159)
Luminance	0.3819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A335 #3556C4

analogous

#C45C35 #C4A335 #9EC435

triadic

#C4A335 #35C4A3 #A335C4

tetradic

#C4A335 #35C45C #3556C4 #C4359E

square

#C4A335 #35C45C #3556C4 #C4359E

split-complementary

#C4A335 #359EC4 #5C35C4

monochromatic

#64531B #947B28 #C4A335 #D4BA62 #E1CF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#C4A335 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#C4A335 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A335

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A335	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A335	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A124

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a335;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 163, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.130 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabd73',
    500: '#c4a335',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a335;
$custom-light: #dabd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a335",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72585,
    "c": 0.12979,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A335

secondary

#8898CC

accent

#6BE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A335

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

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