#C4A646#C4A646

#C4A646 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.119 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A646
RGB	rgb(196, 166, 70)
HSL	hsl(46, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 64.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, 0.03, 52.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 52.33, 89.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% -0.0037 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.119 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.5085, 39.4524, 11.4326)
Luminance	0.3945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A646 #4664C4

analogous

#C46746 #C4A646 #A3C446

triadic

#C4A646 #46C4A6 #A646C4

tetradic

#C4A646 #46C467 #4664C4 #C446A3

square

#C4A646 #46C467 #4664C4 #C446A3

split-complementary

#C4A646 #46A3C4 #6746C4

monochromatic

#6D5B23 #9B8232 #C4A646 #D3BC74 #E2D3A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C4A646 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#C4A646 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A646

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A646	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A646	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A43B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a646;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 166, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.119 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c07d',
    500: '#c4a646',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a646;
$custom-light: #d9c07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a646",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73353,
    "c": 0.11947,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A646

secondary

#97A4CE

accent

#6FDB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A646

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

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