#C4A844#C4A844

#C4A844 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.122 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A844
RGB	rgb(196, 168, 68)
HSL	hsl(47, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 65.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, -1.16, 53.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 53.78, 91.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% -0.0074 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.122 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.8128, 40.1604, 11.2278)
Luminance	0.4016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A844 #4460C4

analogous

#C46844 #C4A844 #A0C444

triadic

#C4A844 #44C4A8 #A844C4

tetradic

#C4A844 #44C468 #4460C4 #C444A0

square

#C4A844 #44C468 #4460C4 #C444A0

split-complementary

#C4A844 #44A0C4 #6844C4

monochromatic

#6C5C22 #9A8331 #C4A844 #D3BE73 #E1D3A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C4A844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#C4A844 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A844

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A844	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 168, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.122 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c17c',
    500: '#c4a844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a844;
$custom-light: #d9c17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.875,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73746,
    "c": 0.12238,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A844

secondary

#96A2CE

accent

#6CDB4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A844

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

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