#C4A63D#C4A63D

#C4A63D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.126 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A63D
RGB	rgb(196, 166, 61)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 68.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, -0.50, 56.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 56.18, 90.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% -0.0063 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.126 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.2454, 39.3472, 10.0470)
Luminance	0.3935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A63D #3D5BC4

analogous

#C4633D #C4A63D #9EC43D

triadic

#C4A63D #3DC4A6 #A63DC4

tetradic

#C4A63D #3DC463 #3D5BC4 #C43D9E

square

#C4A63D #3DC463 #3D5BC4 #C43D9E

split-complementary

#C4A63D #3D9EC4 #633DC4

monochromatic

#67571F #967F2E #C4A63D #D2BC6C #E1D19B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C4A63D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#C4A63D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A63D

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A63D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A63D	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A32F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a63d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 166, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.126 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac078',
    500: '#c4a63d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a63d;
$custom-light: #dac078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a63d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73269,
    "c": 0.12627,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A63D

secondary

#909ECD

accent

#6BDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A63D

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

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