#C4A925#C4A925

#C4A925 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.142 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A925
RGB	rgb(196, 169, 37)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 81%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 81.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, -3.13, 65.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 65.56, 92.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% -0.0163 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.142 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.2889, 40.2473, 7.5543)
Luminance	0.4024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A925 #2540C4

analogous

#C45925 #C4A925 #8FC425

triadic

#C4A925 #25C4A9 #A925C4

tetradic

#C4A925 #25C459 #2540C4 #C4258F

square

#C4A925 #25C459 #2540C4 #C4258F

split-complementary

#C4A925 #258FC4 #5925C4

monochromatic

#5D5012 #917D1B #C4A925 #DDC449 #E6D57D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C4A925 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#C4A925 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A925

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A925	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A925	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)

#C2AE2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a925;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 169, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.142 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac26c',
    500: '#c4a925',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a925;
$custom-light: #dac26c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a925",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.811,
    "s": 68.24,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73731,
    "c": 0.14221,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A925

secondary

#7685CF

accent

#5AEB3D

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF7EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A925

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

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