#C4A835#C4A835

#C4A835 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.133 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A835
RGB	rgb(196, 168, 53)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, -1.97, 59.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 59.89, 91.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.62% -0.0114 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(73.62% 0.133 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.4121, 40.0001, 9.1177)
Luminance	0.4000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A835 #3551C4

analogous

#C46135 #C4A835 #99C435

triadic

#C4A835 #35C4A8 #A835C4

tetradic

#C4A835 #35C461 #3551C4 #C43599

square

#C4A835 #35C461 #3551C4 #C43599

split-complementary

#C4A835 #3599C4 #6135C4

monochromatic

#64551B #947F28 #C4A835 #D4BE62 #E1D292

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C4A835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#C4A835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A835

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A835	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)

#BAA523

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 168, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.133 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac174',
    500: '#c4a835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a835;
$custom-light: #dac174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.252,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7362,
    "c": 0.13294,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A835

secondary

#8896CC

accent

#65E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A835

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

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