#C4A738#C4A738

#C4A738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.130 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A738
RGB	rgb(196, 167, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, -1.29, 58.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 58.47, 91.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.0092 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.13 94)
XYZ	xyz(37.2994, 39.6608, 9.4313)
Luminance	0.3966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A738 #3855C4

analogous

#C46138 #C4A738 #9BC438

triadic

#C4A738 #38C4A7 #A738C4

tetradic

#C4A738 #38C461 #3855C4 #C4389B

square

#C4A738 #38C461 #3855C4 #C4389B

split-complementary

#C4A738 #389BC4 #6138C4

monochromatic

#65561D #947E2A #C4A738 #D3BD66 #E1D196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C4A738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#C4A738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A738

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A738	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)

#B9A428

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 167, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.130 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac075',
    500: '#c4a738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a738;
$custom-light: #dac075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.571,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73435,
    "c": 0.13034,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.39659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A738

secondary

#8C99CC

accent

#68DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A738

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

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