#C4A339#C4A339

#C4A339 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.127 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A339
RGB	rgb(196, 163, 57)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 70.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, 0.89, 57.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 57.01, 89.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% -0.0028 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.127 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6026, 38.2277, 9.3209)
Luminance	0.3823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A339 #395AC4

analogous

#C45D39 #C4A339 #A0C439

triadic

#C4A339 #39C4A3 #A339C4

tetradic

#C4A339 #39C45D #395AC4 #C439A0

square

#C4A339 #39C45D #395AC4 #C439A0

split-complementary

#C4A339 #39A0C4 #5D39C4

monochromatic

#65541D #957C2B #C4A339 #D3B967 #E1CF97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#C4A339 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#C4A339 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A339

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A339	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A339	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A12A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a339;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 163, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.127 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabd76',
    500: '#c4a339',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a339;
$custom-light: #dabd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a339",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.755,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72616,
    "c": 0.12718,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A339

secondary

#8D9CCC

accent

#6DDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A339

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

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