#C4A922#C4A922

#C4A922 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.144 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A922
RGB	rgb(196, 169, 34)
HSL	hsl(50, 70%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 83%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 82.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, -3.22, 66.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 66.41, 92.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% -0.0168 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.144 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.2437, 40.2293, 7.3164)
Luminance	0.4023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A922 #223DC4

analogous

#C45822 #C4A922 #8EC422

triadic

#C4A922 #22C4A9 #A922C4

tetradic

#C4A922 #22C458 #223DC4 #C4228E

square

#C4A922 #22C458 #223DC4 #C4228E

split-complementary

#C4A922 #228EC4 #5822C4

monochromatic

#5C4F10 #907C19 #C4A922 #DFC545 #E8D579

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C4A922 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#C4A922 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A922

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A922	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A922	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a922;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 169, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.144 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac26b',
    500: '#c4a922',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a922;
$custom-light: #dac26b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a922",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 70.435,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73717,
    "c": 0.14351,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A922

secondary

#7382CF

accent

#58ED3B

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF7EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161207

muted

#84817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A922

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

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