#C4A42E#C4A42E

#C4A42E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.135 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A42E
RGB	rgb(196, 164, 46)
HSL	hsl(47, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 76.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, -0.15, 61.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 61.40, 90.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% -0.007 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.135 93)
XYZ	xyz(36.5356, 38.4861, 8.0884)
Luminance	0.3848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A42E #2E4EC4

analogous

#C4592E #C4A42E #99C42E

triadic

#C4A42E #2EC4A4 #A42EC4

tetradic

#C4A42E #2EC459 #2E4EC4 #C42E99

square

#C4A42E #2EC459 #2E4EC4 #C42E99

split-complementary

#C4A42E #2E99C4 #592EC4

monochromatic

#615117 #927B22 #C4A42E #D8BC58 #E3D089

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C4A42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#C4A42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A42E

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A42E	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	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)

#B6A117

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 164, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.135 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabe70',
    500: '#c4a42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a42e;
$custom-light: #dabe70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.2,
    "s": 61.983,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72743,
    "c": 0.13452,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.38484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A42E

secondary

#8191CD

accent

#65E543

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A42E

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

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