#C4A832#C4A832

#C4A832 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.135 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A832
RGB	rgb(196, 168, 50)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 74.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.45, -2.11, 60.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.45, 61.01, 91.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% -0.0122 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.135 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.3453, 39.9734, 8.7656)
Luminance	0.3997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A832 #324EC4

analogous

#C45F32 #C4A832 #97C432

triadic

#C4A832 #32C4A8 #A832C4

tetradic

#C4A832 #32C45F #324EC4 #C43297

square

#C4A832 #32C45F #324EC4 #C43297

split-complementary

#C4A832 #3297C4 #5F32C4

monochromatic

#625419 #937E26 #C4A832 #D6BF5D #E2D28E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C4A832 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#C4A832 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A832

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A832	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A832	1.00	2.33	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA51D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a832;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 168, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.135 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac172',
    500: '#c4a832',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a832;
$custom-light: #dac172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a832",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.493,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73599,
    "c": 0.13477,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A832

secondary

#8593CD

accent

#63E345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A832

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

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