#C4A52F#C4A52F

#C4A52F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.135 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A52F
RGB	rgb(196, 165, 47)
HSL	hsl(48, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 76%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 76%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, -0.64, 61.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 61.30, 90.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.0083 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.135 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.7352, 38.8534, 8.2533)
Luminance	0.3885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A52F #2F4EC4

analogous

#C45B2F #C4A52F #98C42F

triadic

#C4A52F #2FC4A5 #A52FC4

tetradic

#C4A52F #2FC45B #2F4EC4 #C42F98

square

#C4A52F #2FC45B #2F4EC4 #C42F98

split-complementary

#C4A52F #2F98C4 #5B2FC4

monochromatic

#615217 #937B23 #C4A52F #D7BD59 #E3D18A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C4A52F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#C4A52F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A52F

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A52F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A52F	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)

#B7A219

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a52f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 165, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.135 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabf70',
    500: '#c4a52f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a52f;
$custom-light: #dabf70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a52f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.517,
    "s": 61.317,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72956,
    "c": 0.13458,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A52F

secondary

#8291CD

accent

#65E443

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A52F

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

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