#C4A74B#C4A74B

#C4A74B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.116 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A74B
RGB	rgb(196, 167, 75)
HSL	hsl(46, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 61.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, -0.17, 50.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 50.38, 90.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% -0.0037 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.116 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8554, 39.8832, 12.3595)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A74B #4B68C4

analogous

#C46A4B #C4A74B #A4C44B

triadic

#C4A74B #4BC4A7 #A74BC4

tetradic

#C4A74B #4BC46A #4B68C4 #C44BA4

square

#C4A74B #4BC46A #4B68C4 #C44BA4

split-complementary

#C4A74B #4BA4C4 #6A4BC4

monochromatic

#705E25 #9E8534 #C4A74B #D3BE79 #E2D4A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#C4A74B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#C4A74B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A74B

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A74B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A74B	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a74b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 167, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.116 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c081',
    500: '#c4a74b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a74b;
$custom-light: #d9c081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a74b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.62,
    "s": 50.628,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73611,
    "c": 0.11602,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A74B

secondary

#9BA8CF

accent

#6FDA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A74B

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

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