#C4A935#C4A935

#C4A935 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	#C4A935
RGB	rgb(196, 169, 53)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, -2.50, 60.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 60.17, 92.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% -0.013 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.134 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5975, 40.3708, 9.1795)
Luminance	0.4037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A935 #3550C4

analogous

#C46235 #C4A935 #98C435

triadic

#C4A935 #35C4A9 #A935C4

tetradic

#C4A935 #35C462 #3550C4 #C43598

square

#C4A935 #35C462 #3550C4 #C43598

split-complementary

#C4A935 #3598C4 #6235C4

monochromatic

#64561B #947F28 #C4A935 #D4BF62 #E1D292

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C4A935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#C4A935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A935

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A935	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)

#BBA522

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 169, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.134 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac274',
    500: '#c4a935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a935;
$custom-light: #dac274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.671,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73828,
    "c": 0.13362,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A935

secondary

#8895CC

accent

#64E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A935

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

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