#C4A42D#C4A42D

#C4A42D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.135 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A42D
RGB	rgb(196, 164, 45)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 77%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, -0.19, 61.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 61.75, 90.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% -0.0072 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.135 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.5161, 38.4783, 7.9858)
Luminance	0.3848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A42D #2D4DC4

analogous

#C4592D #C4A42D #98C42D

triadic

#C4A42D #2DC4A4 #A42DC4

tetradic

#C4A42D #2DC459 #2D4DC4 #C42D98

square

#C4A42D #2DC459 #2D4DC4 #C42D98

split-complementary

#C4A42D #2D98C4 #592DC4

monochromatic

#605116 #927A22 #C4A42D #D8BD56 #E4D088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C4A42D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#C4A42D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A42D

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A42D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A42D	1.00	2.42	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A115

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a42d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 164, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.135 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabe6f',
    500: '#c4a42d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a42d;
$custom-light: #dabe6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a42d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.285,
    "s": 62.656,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72737,
    "c": 0.13507,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A42D

secondary

#8090CD

accent

#65E642

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A42D

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

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