#C4A538#C4A538

#C4A538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.129 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A538
RGB	rgb(196, 165, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, -0.23, 57.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 57.93, 90.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.0061 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.129 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9359, 38.9337, 9.3101)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A538 #3857C4

analogous

#C45F38 #C4A538 #9DC438

triadic

#C4A538 #38C4A5 #A538C4

tetradic

#C4A538 #38C45F #3857C4 #C4389D

square

#C4A538 #38C45F #3857C4 #C4389D

split-complementary

#C4A538 #389DC4 #5F38C4

monochromatic

#65551D #947D2A #C4A538 #D3BB66 #E1D096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C4A538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#C4A538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A538

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A538	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 165, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.129 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabf75',
    500: '#c4a538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a538;
$custom-light: #dabf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.714,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73021,
    "c": 0.12907,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A538

secondary

#8C9ACC

accent

#6ADF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A538

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

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