#C4A83A#C4A83A

#C4A83A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.130 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A83A
RGB	rgb(196, 168, 58)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 70.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.50, -1.72, 57.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.50, 57.95, 91.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% -0.0102 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.13 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.5332, 40.0486, 9.7554)
Luminance	0.4005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A83A #3A56C4

analogous

#C4633A #C4A83A #9BC43A

triadic

#C4A83A #3AC4A8 #A83AC4

tetradic

#C4A83A #3AC463 #3A56C4 #C43A9B

square

#C4A83A #3AC463 #3A56C4 #C43A9B

split-complementary

#C4A83A #3A9BC4 #633AC4

monochromatic

#66571E #95802C #C4A83A #D3BD69 #E0D298

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C4A83A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#C4A83A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A83A

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A83A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A83A	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A52A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a83a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 168, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.130 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac177',
    500: '#c4a83a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a83a;
$custom-light: #dac177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a83a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.826,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73658,
    "c": 0.12968,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A83A

secondary

#8E9ACC

accent

#68DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A83A

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

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