#C4A52B#C4A52B

#C4A52B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.137 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A52B
RGB	rgb(196, 165, 43)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 78.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, -0.80, 62.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 62.67, 90.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% -0.0091 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.137 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.6582, 38.8226, 7.8477)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A52B #2B4AC4

analogous

#C4592B #C4A52B #97C42B

triadic

#C4A52B #2BC4A5 #A52BC4

tetradic

#C4A52B #2BC459 #2B4AC4 #C42B97

square

#C4A52B #2BC459 #2B4AC4 #C42B97

split-complementary

#C4A52B #2B97C4 #592BC4

monochromatic

#605015 #927B20 #C4A52B #D9BE53 #E4D185

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C4A52B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#C4A52B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A52B

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A52B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A52B	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)

#B7A210

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a52b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 165, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.137 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabf6e',
    500: '#c4a52b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a52b;
$custom-light: #dabf6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a52b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.843,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72931,
    "c": 0.13675,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A52B

secondary

#7D8ECE

accent

#62E741

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A52B

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

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