#C4A93B#C4A93B

#C4A93B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.130 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A93B
RGB	rgb(196, 169, 59)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 69.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, -2.20, 57.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 57.84, 92.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.0114 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.13 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.7442, 40.4295, 9.9524)
Luminance	0.4043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A93B #3B56C4

analogous

#C4643B #C4A93B #9BC43B

triadic

#C4A93B #3BC4A9 #A93BC4

tetradic

#C4A93B #3BC464 #3B56C4 #C43B9B

square

#C4A93B #3BC464 #3B56C4 #C43B9B

split-complementary

#C4A93B #3B9BC4 #643BC4

monochromatic

#66581F #95802D #C4A93B #D2BE6A #E0D299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C4A93B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#C4A93B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A93B

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A93B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A93B	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA62C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a93b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 169, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.130 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac277',
    500: '#c4a93b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a93b;
$custom-light: #dac277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a93b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.175,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73874,
    "c": 0.12969,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A93B

secondary

#8F9BCC

accent

#68DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A93B

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

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