#C4A438#C4A438

#C4A438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.128 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A438
RGB	rgb(196, 164, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, 0.31, 57.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 57.67, 89.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% -0.0046 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.128 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7562, 38.5744, 9.2502)
Luminance	0.3857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A438 #3858C4

analogous

#C45E38 #C4A438 #9EC438

triadic

#C4A438 #38C4A4 #A438C4

tetradic

#C4A438 #38C45E #3858C4 #C4389E

square

#C4A438 #38C45E #3858C4 #C4389E

split-complementary

#C4A438 #389EC4 #5E38C4

monochromatic

#65541D #947C2A #C4A438 #D3BA66 #E1D096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C4A438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#C4A438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A438

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A438	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)

#B6A228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 164, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.128 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabe75',
    500: '#c4a438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a438;
$custom-light: #dabe75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.286,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72814,
    "c": 0.12844,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A438

secondary

#8C9ACC

accent

#6BDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A438

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

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