#C4A73B#C4A73B

#C4A73B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.128 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A73B
RGB	rgb(196, 167, 59)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 69.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, -1.14, 57.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 57.27, 91.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% -0.0084 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.128 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.3750, 39.6910, 9.8293)
Luminance	0.3969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A73B #3B58C4

analogous

#C4623B #C4A73B #9DC43B

triadic

#C4A73B #3BC4A7 #A73BC4

tetradic

#C4A73B #3BC462 #3B58C4 #C43B9D

square

#C4A73B #3BC462 #3B58C4 #C43B9D

split-complementary

#C4A73B #3B9DC4 #623BC4

monochromatic

#66571F #957F2D #C4A73B #D2BC6A #E0D199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C4A73B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#C4A73B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A73B

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A73B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A73B	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)

#B8A42C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a73b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 167, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.128 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac077',
    500: '#c4a73b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a73b;
$custom-light: #dac077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a73b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.299,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73459,
    "c": 0.12833,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A73B

secondary

#8F9CCC

accent

#6ADD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A73B

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

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