#C4A42F#C4A42F

#C4A42F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.134 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A42F
RGB	rgb(196, 164, 47)
HSL	hsl(47, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 76%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 76%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, -0.11, 61.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 61.05, 90.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% -0.0068 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.134 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.5555, 38.4941, 8.1934)
Luminance	0.3849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A42F #2F4FC4

analogous

#C4592F #C4A42F #9AC42F

triadic

#C4A42F #2FC4A4 #A42FC4

tetradic

#C4A42F #2FC459 #2F4FC4 #C42F9A

square

#C4A42F #2FC459 #2F4FC4 #C42F9A

split-complementary

#C4A42F #2F9AC4 #592FC4

monochromatic

#615117 #937B23 #C4A42F #D7BC59 #E3D08A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C4A42F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#C4A42F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A42F

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A42F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A42F	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)

#B6A119

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a42f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 164, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.134 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabe70',
    500: '#c4a42f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a42f;
$custom-light: #dabe70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a42f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.114,
    "s": 61.317,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72749,
    "c": 0.13396,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A42F

secondary

#8292CD

accent

#66E443

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A42F

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

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