#C4A622#C4A622

#C4A622 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.142 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A622
RGB	rgb(196, 166, 34)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 83%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 82.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, -1.63, 65.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 65.68, 91.42°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% -0.0123 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.142 95)
XYZ	xyz(36.6920, 39.1259, 7.1325)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A622 #2240C4

analogous

#C45522 #C4A622 #91C422

triadic

#C4A622 #22C4A6 #A622C4

tetradic

#C4A622 #22C455 #2240C4 #C42291

square

#C4A622 #22C455 #2240C4 #C42291

split-complementary

#C4A622 #2291C4 #5522C4

monochromatic

#5C4E10 #907A19 #C4A622 #DFC245 #E8D379

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C4A622 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#C4A622 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A622

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A622	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A622	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)

#B8A300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a622;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 166, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.142 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc06b',
    500: '#c4a622',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a622;
$custom-light: #dbc06b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a622",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 70.435,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73091,
    "c": 0.14158,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.39124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A622

secondary

#7384CF

accent

#5CED3B

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF7EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161207

muted

#84817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A622

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

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