#C4A425#C4A425

#C4A425 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.139 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A425
RGB	rgb(196, 164, 37)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 81%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 81.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -0.48, 64.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 64.34, 90.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0088 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.139 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.3764, 38.4225, 7.2502)
Luminance	0.3842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A425 #2545C4

analogous

#C45525 #C4A425 #94C425

triadic

#C4A425 #25C4A4 #A425C4

tetradic

#C4A425 #25C455 #2545C4 #C42594

square

#C4A425 #25C455 #2545C4 #C42594

split-complementary

#C4A425 #2594C4 #5525C4

monochromatic

#5D4E12 #91791B #C4A425 #DDBF49 #E6D17D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C4A425 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#C4A425 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A425

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A425	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A425	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)

#BFAB2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a425;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 164, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.139 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabe6c',
    500: '#c4a425',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a425;
$custom-light: #dabe6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a425",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.925,
    "s": 68.24,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72691,
    "c": 0.13906,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A425

secondary

#7688CF

accent

#60EB3D

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161207

muted

#84817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A425

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

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