#C4A422#C4A422

#C4A422 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.140 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A422
RGB	rgb(196, 164, 34)
HSL	hsl(48, 70%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 83%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 82.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.32, -0.57, 65.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.32, 65.21, 90.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.0093 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.14 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.3313, 38.4044, 7.0122)
Luminance	0.3840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A422 #2242C4

analogous

#C45322 #C4A422 #93C422

triadic

#C4A422 #22C4A4 #A422C4

tetradic

#C4A422 #22C453 #2242C4 #C42293

square

#C4A422 #22C453 #2242C4 #C42293

split-complementary

#C4A422 #2293C4 #5322C4

monochromatic

#5C4D10 #907819 #C4A422 #DFC045 #E8D279

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C4A422 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#C4A422 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A422

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A422	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A422	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 164, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.140 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbe6a',
    500: '#c4a422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a422;
$custom-light: #dbbe6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.148,
    "s": 70.435,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72677,
    "c": 0.14037,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A422

secondary

#7385CF

accent

#5EED3B

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161207

muted

#84817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A422

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

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