#C4A43D#C4A43D

#C4A43D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.125 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A43D
RGB	rgb(196, 164, 61)
HSL	hsl(46, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 68.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, 0.57, 55.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 55.64, 89.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.0033 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.125 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.8846, 38.6257, 9.9267)
Luminance	0.3862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A43D #3D5DC4

analogous

#C4603D #C4A43D #A0C43D

triadic

#C4A43D #3DC4A4 #A43DC4

tetradic

#C4A43D #3DC460 #3D5DC4 #C43DA0

square

#C4A43D #3DC460 #3D5DC4 #C43DA0

split-complementary

#C4A43D #3DA0C4 #603DC4

monochromatic

#67561F #967D2E #C4A43D #D2BA6C #E1D09B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C4A43D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#C4A43D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A43D

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A43D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A43D	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A230

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a43d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 164, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.125 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabe78',
    500: '#c4a43d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a43d;
$custom-light: #dabe78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a43d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.778,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72856,
    "c": 0.12501,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A43D

secondary

#909FCD

accent

#6EDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A43D

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

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