#C4A638#C4A638

#C4A638 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.130 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A638
RGB	rgb(196, 166, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, -0.76, 58.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 58.20, 90.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% -0.0077 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.13 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.1169, 39.2958, 9.3704)
Luminance	0.3929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A638 #3856C4

analogous

#C46038 #C4A638 #9CC438

triadic

#C4A638 #38C4A6 #A638C4

tetradic

#C4A638 #38C460 #3856C4 #C4389C

square

#C4A638 #38C460 #3856C4 #C4389C

split-complementary

#C4A638 #389CC4 #6038C4

monochromatic

#65551D #947E2A #C4A638 #D3BC66 #E1D196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C4A638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#C4A638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A638

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A638	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A328

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 166, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.130 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac075',
    500: '#c4a638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a638;
$custom-light: #dac075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73227,
    "c": 0.1297,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A638

secondary

#8C99CC

accent

#69DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A638

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

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