#C4A525#C4A525

#C4A525 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.140 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A525
RGB	rgb(196, 165, 37)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 81%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 81.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, -1.01, 64.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 64.57, 90.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.0103 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.14 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.5561, 38.7818, 7.3101)
Luminance	0.3878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A525 #2544C4

analogous

#C45525 #C4A525 #93C425

triadic

#C4A525 #25C4A5 #A525C4

tetradic

#C4A525 #25C455 #2544C4 #C42593

square

#C4A525 #25C455 #2544C4 #C42593

split-complementary

#C4A525 #2593C4 #5525C4

monochromatic

#5D4E12 #917A1B #C4A525 #DDC049 #E6D27D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C4A525 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#C4A525 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A525

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A525	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A525	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a525;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 165, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.140 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabf6c',
    500: '#c4a525',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a525;
$custom-light: #dabf6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a525",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.302,
    "s": 68.24,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72898,
    "c": 0.13966,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A525

secondary

#7687CF

accent

#5FEB3D

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161207

muted

#84817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A525

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

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