#C4A435#C4A435

#C4A435 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.130 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A435
RGB	rgb(196, 164, 53)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, 0.16, 58.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 58.84, 89.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% -0.0054 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.13 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.6850, 38.5459, 8.8753)
Luminance	0.3854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A435 #3555C4

analogous

#C45C35 #C4A435 #9DC435

triadic

#C4A435 #35C4A4 #A435C4

tetradic

#C4A435 #35C45C #3555C4 #C4359D

square

#C4A435 #35C45C #3555C4 #C4359D

split-complementary

#C4A435 #359DC4 #5C35C4

monochromatic

#64531B #947C28 #C4A435 #D4BB62 #E1D092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C4A435 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#C4A435 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A435

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A435	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A435	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A124

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a435;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 164, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.130 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabe73',
    500: '#c4a435',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a435;
$custom-light: #dabe73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a435",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.573,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72791,
    "c": 0.13038,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A435

secondary

#8898CC

accent

#69E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A435

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

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