#C4A735#C4A735

#C4A735 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.132 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A735
RGB	rgb(196, 167, 53)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, -1.44, 59.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 59.62, 91.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.0099 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.132 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.2282, 39.6323, 9.0564)
Luminance	0.3963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A735 #3552C4

analogous

#C46035 #C4A735 #9AC435

triadic

#C4A735 #35C4A7 #A735C4

tetradic

#C4A735 #35C460 #3552C4 #C4359A

square

#C4A735 #35C460 #3552C4 #C4359A

split-complementary

#C4A735 #359AC4 #6035C4

monochromatic

#64551B #947E28 #C4A735 #D4BD62 #E1D192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C4A735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#C4A735 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A735

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A735	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A423

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 167, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.132 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac074',
    500: '#c4a735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a735;
$custom-light: #dac074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.832,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73412,
    "c": 0.13227,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A735

secondary

#8896CC

accent

#66E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A735

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

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