#C4A535#C4A535

#C4A535 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.131 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A535
RGB	rgb(196, 165, 53)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, -0.37, 59.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 59.09, 90.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.0069 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.131 93)
XYZ	xyz(36.8647, 38.9052, 8.9352)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A535 #3554C4

analogous

#C45E35 #C4A535 #9CC435

triadic

#C4A535 #35C4A5 #A535C4

tetradic

#C4A535 #35C45E #3554C4 #C4359C

square

#C4A535 #35C45E #3554C4 #C4359C

split-complementary

#C4A535 #359CC4 #5E35C4

monochromatic

#64541B #947C28 #C4A535 #D4BC62 #E1D092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C4A535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#C4A535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A535

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A535	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A223

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 165, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.131 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabf74',
    500: '#c4a535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a535;
$custom-light: #dabf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.993,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72998,
    "c": 0.13099,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.38903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A535

secondary

#8897CC

accent

#68E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A535

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

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