#C4A834#C4A834

#C4A834 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.134 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A834
RGB	rgb(196, 168, 52)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 73.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, -2.02, 60.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 60.27, 91.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% -0.0117 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.134 95)
XYZ	xyz(37.3894, 39.9910, 8.9978)
Luminance	0.3999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A834 #3450C4

analogous

#C46034 #C4A834 #98C434

triadic

#C4A834 #34C4A8 #A834C4

tetradic

#C4A834 #34C460 #3450C4 #C43498

square

#C4A834 #34C460 #3450C4 #C43498

split-complementary

#C4A834 #3498C4 #6034C4

monochromatic

#63551A #947F27 #C4A834 #D5BE60 #E2D291

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C4A834 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#C4A834 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A834

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A834	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A834	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a834;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 168, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.134 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac173',
    500: '#c4a834',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a834;
$custom-light: #dac173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a834",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.333,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73613,
    "c": 0.13356,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.39989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A834

secondary

#8795CC

accent

#65E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A834

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

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