#C4A62B#C4A62B

#C4A62B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.137 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A62B
RGB	rgb(196, 166, 43)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 78.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, -1.33, 62.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 62.92, 91.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% -0.0107 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.137 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.8393, 39.1848, 7.9081)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A62B #2B49C4

analogous

#C4592B #C4A62B #96C42B

triadic

#C4A62B #2BC4A6 #A62BC4

tetradic

#C4A62B #2BC459 #2B49C4 #C42B96

square

#C4A62B #2BC459 #2B49C4 #C42B96

split-complementary

#C4A62B #2B96C4 #592BC4

monochromatic

#605115 #927B20 #C4A62B #D9BF53 #E4D285

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C4A62B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#C4A62B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A62B

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A62B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A62B	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A30F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a62b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 166, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.137 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac06f',
    500: '#c4a62b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a62b;
$custom-light: #dac06f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a62b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.235,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73139,
    "c": 0.13736,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A62B

secondary

#7D8DCE

accent

#61E741

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A62B

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

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