#C4A722#C4A722

#C4A722 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.142 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A722
RGB	rgb(196, 167, 34)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 83%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 82.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, -2.16, 65.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 65.92, 91.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.3% -0.0138 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(73.3% 0.142 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.8745, 39.4908, 7.1933)
Luminance	0.3949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A722 #223FC4

analogous

#C45622 #C4A722 #90C422

triadic

#C4A722 #22C4A7 #A722C4

tetradic

#C4A722 #22C456 #223FC4 #C42290

square

#C4A722 #22C456 #223FC4 #C42290

split-complementary

#C4A722 #2290C4 #5622C4

monochromatic

#5C4E10 #907B19 #C4A722 #DFC345 #E8D479

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C4A722 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#C4A722 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A722

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A722	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A722	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a722;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 167, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.142 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc06b',
    500: '#c4a722',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a722;
$custom-light: #dbc06b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a722",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.259,
    "s": 70.435,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73299,
    "c": 0.1422,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A722

secondary

#7383CF

accent

#5BED3B

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF7EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161207

muted

#84817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A722

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

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