#C4A83D#C4A83D

#C4A83D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.128 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A83D
RGB	rgb(196, 168, 61)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 68.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, -1.56, 56.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 56.74, 91.58°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% -0.0094 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.128 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6118, 40.0800, 10.1691)
Luminance	0.4008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A83D #3D59C4

analogous

#C4653D #C4A83D #9CC43D

triadic

#C4A83D #3DC4A8 #A83DC4

tetradic

#C4A83D #3DC465 #3D59C4 #C43D9C

square

#C4A83D #3DC465 #3D59C4 #C43D9C

split-complementary

#C4A83D #3D9CC4 #653DC4

monochromatic

#67581F #96802E #C4A83D #D2BD6C #E1D29B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C4A83D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#C4A83D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A83D

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A83D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A83D	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A52F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a83d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 168, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.128 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c178',
    500: '#c4a83d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a83d;
$custom-light: #d9c178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a83d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.556,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73683,
    "c": 0.1276,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A83D

secondary

#909DCD

accent

#69DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A83D

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

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