#C4A440#C4A440

#C4A440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.123 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A440
RGB	rgb(196, 164, 64)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, 0.74, 54.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 54.38, 89.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.0024 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.123 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.9677, 38.6590, 10.3643)
Luminance	0.3866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A440 #4060C4

analogous

#C46240 #C4A440 #A2C440

triadic

#C4A440 #40C4A4 #A440C4

tetradic

#C4A440 #40C462 #4060C4 #C440A2

square

#C4A440 #40C462 #4060C4 #C440A2

split-complementary

#C4A440 #40A2C4 #6240C4

monochromatic

#695820 #987E2F #C4A440 #D2BA6F #E1D19E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C4A440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#C4A440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A440

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A440	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A234

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 164, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.123 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9be7a',
    500: '#c4a440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a440;
$custom-light: #d9be7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.455,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72883,
    "c": 0.12282,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A440

secondary

#93A1CD

accent

#6FDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A440

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

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