#C4A441#C4A441

#C4A441 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.122 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A441
RGB	rgb(196, 164, 65)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 66.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, 0.80, 53.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 53.96, 89.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% -0.0021 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.122 91)
XYZ	xyz(36.9964, 38.6705, 10.5155)
Luminance	0.3867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A441 #4161C4

analogous

#C46241 #C4A441 #A2C441

triadic

#C4A441 #41C4A4 #A441C4

tetradic

#C4A441 #41C462 #4161C4 #C441A2

square

#C4A441 #41C462 #4161C4 #C441A2

split-complementary

#C4A441 #41A2C4 #6241C4

monochromatic

#6A5821 #987F2F #C4A441 #D3BA70 #E1D19E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C4A441 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#C4A441 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A441

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A441	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A441	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	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)

#B5A235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a441;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 164, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.122 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9be7a',
    500: '#c4a441',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a441;
$custom-light: #d9be7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a441",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.344,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72892,
    "c": 0.12208,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.38668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A441

secondary

#93A2CD

accent

#6FDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A441

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

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