#C4A541#C4A541

#C4A541 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.123 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A541
RGB	rgb(196, 165, 65)
HSL	hsl(46, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 66.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, 0.26, 54.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 54.23, 89.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% -0.0037 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.123 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.1761, 39.0298, 10.5754)
Luminance	0.3903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A541 #4160C4

analogous

#C46341 #C4A541 #A1C441

triadic

#C4A541 #41C4A5 #A541C4

tetradic

#C4A541 #41C463 #4160C4 #C441A1

square

#C4A541 #41C463 #4160C4 #C441A1

split-complementary

#C4A541 #41A1C4 #6341C4

monochromatic

#6A5921 #98802F #C4A541 #D3BB70 #E1D19E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C4A541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#C4A541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A541

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A541	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A335

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 165, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.123 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bf7a',
    500: '#c4a541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a541;
$custom-light: #d9bf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.802,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73098,
    "c": 0.1227,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A541

secondary

#93A1CD

accent

#6EDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A541

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

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