#C4A73D#C4A73D

#C4A73D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.127 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A73D
RGB	rgb(196, 167, 61)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 68.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, -1.03, 56.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 56.46, 91.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.0079 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.127 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4279, 39.7122, 10.1078)
Luminance	0.3971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A73D #3D5AC4

analogous

#C4633D #C4A73D #9EC43D

triadic

#C4A73D #3DC4A7 #A73DC4

tetradic

#C4A73D #3DC463 #3D5AC4 #C43D9E

square

#C4A73D #3DC463 #3D5AC4 #C43D9E

split-complementary

#C4A73D #3D9EC4 #633DC4

monochromatic

#67581F #96802E #C4A73D #D2BC6C #E1D29B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C4A73D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#C4A73D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A73D

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A73D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A73D	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)

#B8A42F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a73d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 167, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.127 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c078',
    500: '#c4a73d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a73d;
$custom-light: #d9c078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a73d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.111,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73475,
    "c": 0.12692,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A73D

secondary

#909DCD

accent

#6ADD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A73D

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

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