#C4A63E#C4A63E

#C4A63E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.126 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A63E
RGB	rgb(196, 166, 62)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 68.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, -0.44, 55.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 55.77, 90.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% -0.006 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.126 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.2726, 39.3581, 10.1901)
Luminance	0.3936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A63E #3E5CC4

analogous

#C4633E #C4A63E #9FC43E

triadic

#C4A63E #3EC4A6 #A63EC4

tetradic

#C4A63E #3EC463 #3E5CC4 #C43E9F

square

#C4A63E #3EC463 #3E5CC4 #C43E9F

split-complementary

#C4A63E #3E9FC4 #633EC4

monochromatic

#685820 #977F2E #C4A63E #D2BC6D #E1D19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C4A63E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#C4A63E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A63E

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A63E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A63E	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)

#B7A331

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a63e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 166, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.126 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c079',
    500: '#c4a63e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a63e;
$custom-light: #d9c079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a63e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.567,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73277,
    "c": 0.12555,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A63E

secondary

#919ECD

accent

#6CDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A63E

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

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