#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
RGBrgb(196, 168, 53)
HSLhsl(48, 57%, 49%)
HSVhsv(48, 73%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 14.3%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(69.47, -1.97, 59.86)
CIE-LCHlch(69.47, 59.89, 91.89°)
OKLaboklab(73.62% -0.0114 0.1325)
OKLCHoklch(73.62% 0.133 94.9)
XYZxyz(37.4121, 40.0001, 9.1177)
Luminance0.4000 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##C4A8351.002.339.009.00
#FFFFFF2.331.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0021.001.001.00
##0000009.0021.001.001.00

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

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#C4A835 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva