#C4A635#C4A635

#C4A635 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.132 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A635
RGB	rgb(196, 166, 53)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, -0.91, 59.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 59.36, 90.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.21% -0.0084 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(73.21% 0.132 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.0458, 39.2674, 8.9956)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A635 #3553C4

analogous

#C45F35 #C4A635 #9BC435

triadic

#C4A635 #35C4A6 #A635C4

tetradic

#C4A635 #35C45F #3553C4 #C4359B

square

#C4A635 #35C45F #3553C4 #C4359B

split-complementary

#C4A635 #359BC4 #5F35C4

monochromatic

#64541B #947D28 #C4A635 #D4BC62 #E1D192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C4A635 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#C4A635 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A635

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A635	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A635	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A323

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a635;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 166, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.132 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac074',
    500: '#c4a635',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a635;
$custom-light: #dac074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a635",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.413,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73205,
    "c": 0.13163,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A635

secondary

#8897CC

accent

#67E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A635

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

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