#C4A432#C4A432

#C4A432 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.132 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A432
RGB	rgb(196, 164, 50)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 74.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, 0.02, 59.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 59.97, 89.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.0061 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.132 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.6182, 38.5191, 8.5232)
Luminance	0.3852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A432 #3252C4

analogous

#C45B32 #C4A432 #9BC432

triadic

#C4A432 #32C4A4 #A432C4

tetradic

#C4A432 #32C45B #3252C4 #C4329B

square

#C4A432 #32C45B #3252C4 #C4329B

split-complementary

#C4A432 #329BC4 #5B32C4

monochromatic

#625219 #937B26 #C4A432 #D6BB5D #E2D08E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C4A432 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#C4A432 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A432

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A432	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A432	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)

#B6A11F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a432;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 164, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.132 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabe72',
    500: '#c4a432',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a432;
$custom-light: #dabe72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a432",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.849,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7277,
    "c": 0.13222,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A432

secondary

#8595CD

accent

#68E345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A432

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

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