#C4A443#C4A443

#C4A443 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.121 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A443
RGB	rgb(196, 164, 67)
HSL	hsl(45, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 65.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, 0.92, 53.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 53.09, 89.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.0015 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.121 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.0554, 38.6940, 10.8260)
Luminance	0.3869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A443 #4363C4

analogous

#C46443 #C4A443 #A4C443

triadic

#C4A443 #43C4A4 #A443C4

tetradic

#C4A443 #43C464 #4363C4 #C443A4

square

#C4A443 #43C464 #4363C4 #C443A4

split-complementary

#C4A443 #43A4C4 #6443C4

monochromatic

#6B5922 #9A7F30 #C4A443 #D3BB72 #E1D1A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C4A443 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#C4A443 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A443

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A443	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A443	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a443;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 164, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.121 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9be7c',
    500: '#c4a443',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a443;
$custom-light: #d9be7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a443",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.116,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72911,
    "c": 0.12056,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A443

secondary

#95A3CE

accent

#70DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A443

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

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