#C4A52E#C4A52E

#C4A52E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.135 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A52E
RGB	rgb(196, 165, 46)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 76.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, -0.68, 61.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 61.65, 90.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.0085 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.135 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.7153, 38.8454, 8.1483)
Luminance	0.3884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A52E #2E4DC4

analogous

#C45A2E #C4A52E #98C42E

triadic

#C4A52E #2EC4A5 #A52EC4

tetradic

#C4A52E #2EC45A #2E4DC4 #C42E98

square

#C4A52E #2EC45A #2E4DC4 #C42E98

split-complementary

#C4A52E #2E98C4 #5A2EC4

monochromatic

#615217 #927B22 #C4A52E #D8BD58 #E3D189

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C4A52E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#C4A52E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A52E

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A52E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A52E	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A217

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a52e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 165, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.135 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabf70',
    500: '#c4a52e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a52e;
$custom-light: #dabf70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a52e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.6,
    "s": 61.983,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7295,
    "c": 0.13514,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A52E

secondary

#8190CD

accent

#64E543

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A52E

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

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