#C4A73E#C4A73E

#C4A73E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.126 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A73E
RGB	rgb(196, 167, 62)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 68.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, -0.98, 56.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 56.04, 91.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% -0.0076 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.126 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.4551, 39.7231, 10.2510)
Luminance	0.3972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A73E #3E5BC4

analogous

#C4643E #C4A73E #9EC43E

triadic

#C4A73E #3EC4A7 #A73EC4

tetradic

#C4A73E #3EC464 #3E5BC4 #C43E9E

square

#C4A73E #3EC464 #3E5BC4 #C43E9E

split-complementary

#C4A73E #3E9EC4 #643EC4

monochromatic

#685820 #97802E #C4A73E #D2BC6D #E1D29C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C4A73E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#C4A73E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A73E

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A73E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A73E	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)

#B8A430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a73e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 167, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.126 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c079',
    500: '#c4a73e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a73e;
$custom-light: #d9c079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a73e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.015,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73484,
    "c": 0.12621,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A73E

secondary

#919ECD

accent

#6BDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A73E

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

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