#C4A641#C4A641

#C4A641 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.123 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A641
RGB	rgb(196, 166, 65)
HSL	hsl(46, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 66.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -0.27, 54.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 54.50, 90.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.3% -0.0052 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(73.3% 0.123 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.3572, 39.3919, 10.6357)
Luminance	0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A641 #415FC4

analogous

#C46441 #C4A641 #A0C441

triadic

#C4A641 #41C4A6 #A641C4

tetradic

#C4A641 #41C464 #415FC4 #C441A0

square

#C4A641 #41C464 #415FC4 #C441A0

split-complementary

#C4A641 #41A0C4 #6441C4

monochromatic

#6A5921 #98802F #C4A641 #D3BC70 #E1D29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C4A641 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#C4A641 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A641

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A641	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A641	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A335

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a641;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 166, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.123 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c07a',
    500: '#c4a641',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a641;
$custom-light: #d9c07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a641",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.26,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73304,
    "c": 0.12334,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A641

secondary

#93A1CD

accent

#6DDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A641

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

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