#C4A73A#C4A73A

#C4A73A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.129 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A73A
RGB	rgb(196, 167, 58)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 70.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, -1.19, 57.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 57.67, 91.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% -0.0087 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.129 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3493, 39.6808, 9.6941)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A73A #3A57C4

analogous

#C4623A #C4A73A #9CC43A

triadic

#C4A73A #3AC4A7 #A73AC4

tetradic

#C4A73A #3AC462 #3A57C4 #C43A9C

square

#C4A73A #3AC462 #3A57C4 #C43A9C

split-complementary

#C4A73A #3A9CC4 #623AC4

monochromatic

#66571E #957F2C #C4A73A #D3BC69 #E0D198

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C4A73A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#C4A73A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A73A

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A73A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A73A	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A42B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a73a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 167, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.129 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac076',
    500: '#c4a73a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a73a;
$custom-light: #dac076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a73a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.391,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73451,
    "c": 0.12901,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A73A

secondary

#8E9BCC

accent

#69DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A73A

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

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