#C4A934#C4A934

#C4A934 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.134 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A934
RGB	rgb(196, 169, 52)
HSL	hsl(49, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 73.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, -2.55, 60.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 60.54, 92.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% -0.0132 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.134 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5747, 40.3617, 9.0596)
Luminance	0.4036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A934 #344FC4

analogous

#C46134 #C4A934 #97C434

triadic

#C4A934 #34C4A9 #A934C4

tetradic

#C4A934 #34C461 #344FC4 #C43497

square

#C4A934 #34C461 #344FC4 #C43497

split-complementary

#C4A934 #3497C4 #6134C4

monochromatic

#63561A #947F27 #C4A934 #D5BF60 #E2D391

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C4A934 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#C4A934 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A934

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A934	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A934	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a934;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 169, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.134 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac273',
    500: '#c4a934',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a934;
$custom-light: #dac273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a934",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73821,
    "c": 0.13424,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A934

secondary

#8794CC

accent

#64E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A934

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

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