#C4A548#C4A548

#C4A548 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.117 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A548
RGB	rgb(196, 165, 72)
HSL	hsl(45, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 63.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, 0.70, 51.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 51.16, 89.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% -0.0015 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.117 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.3916, 39.1160, 11.7103)
Luminance	0.3911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A548 #4867C4

analogous

#C46748 #C4A548 #A5C448

triadic

#C4A548 #48C4A5 #A548C4

tetradic

#C4A548 #48C467 #4867C4 #C448A5

square

#C4A548 #48C467 #4867C4 #C448A5

split-complementary

#C4A548 #48A5C4 #6748C4

monochromatic

#6E5B23 #9C8232 #C4A548 #D3BC76 #E2D3A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C4A548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#C4A548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A548

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A548	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A33E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 165, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.117 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bf7f',
    500: '#c4a548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a548;
$custom-light: #d9bf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73167,
    "c": 0.11721,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A548

secondary

#99A6CF

accent

#70DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A548

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

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