#C4A625#C4A625

#C4A625 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.140 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A625
RGB	rgb(196, 166, 37)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 81%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 81.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, -1.54, 64.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 64.81, 91.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.0118 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.14 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.7372, 39.1439, 7.3704)
Luminance	0.3914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A625 #2543C4

analogous

#C45625 #C4A625 #92C425

triadic

#C4A625 #25C4A6 #A625C4

tetradic

#C4A625 #25C456 #2543C4 #C42592

square

#C4A625 #25C456 #2543C4 #C42592

split-complementary

#C4A625 #2592C4 #5625C4

monochromatic

#5D4F12 #917A1B #C4A625 #DDC149 #E6D37D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C4A625 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#C4A625 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A625

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A625	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A625	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a625;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 166, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.140 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac06c',
    500: '#c4a625',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a625;
$custom-light: #dac06c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a625",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.679,
    "s": 68.24,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73106,
    "c": 0.14028,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A625

secondary

#7687CF

accent

#5EEB3D

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF7EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161207

muted

#84817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A625

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

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