#C4A63F#C4A63F

#C4A63F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.125 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A63F
RGB	rgb(196, 166, 63)
HSL	hsl(46, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 67.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, -0.39, 55.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 55.35, 90.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.0058 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.125 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.3003, 39.3692, 10.3360)
Luminance	0.3937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A63F #3F5DC4

analogous

#C4633F #C4A63F #9FC43F

triadic

#C4A63F #3FC4A6 #A63FC4

tetradic

#C4A63F #3FC463 #3F5DC4 #C43F9F

square

#C4A63F #3FC463 #3F5DC4 #C43F9F

split-complementary

#C4A63F #3F9FC4 #633FC4

monochromatic

#685820 #97802E #C4A63F #D2BC6E #E1D19D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C4A63F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#C4A63F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A63F

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A63F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A63F	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)

#B7A332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a63f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 166, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.125 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c079',
    500: '#c4a63f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a63f;
$custom-light: #d9c079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a63f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.466,
    "s": 52.988,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73286,
    "c": 0.12482,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A63F

secondary

#929FCD

accent

#6CDC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A63F

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

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