#C4A522#C4A522

#C4A522 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.141 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A522
RGB	rgb(196, 165, 34)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 83%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 82.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, -1.10, 65.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 65.44, 90.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.0108 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.141 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.5109, 38.7637, 7.0721)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A522 #2241C4

analogous

#C45422 #C4A522 #92C422

triadic

#C4A522 #22C4A5 #A522C4

tetradic

#C4A522 #22C454 #2241C4 #C42292

square

#C4A522 #22C454 #2241C4 #C42292

split-complementary

#C4A522 #2292C4 #5422C4

monochromatic

#5C4D10 #907919 #C4A522 #DFC145 #E8D279

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C4A522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#C4A522 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A522

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A522	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 165, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.141 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbf6b',
    500: '#c4a522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a522;
$custom-light: #dbbf6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.519,
    "s": 70.435,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72884,
    "c": 0.14097,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A522

secondary

#7384CF

accent

#5DED3B

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161207

muted

#84817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A522

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

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