#C4A93D#C4A93D

#C4A93D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.128 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A93D
RGB	rgb(196, 169, 61)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 68.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, -2.10, 56.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 57.03, 92.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% -0.0109 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.128 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.7971, 40.4506, 10.2309)
Luminance	0.4045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A93D #3D58C4

analogous

#C4653D #C4A93D #9BC43D

triadic

#C4A93D #3DC4A9 #A93DC4

tetradic

#C4A93D #3DC465 #3D58C4 #C43D9B

square

#C4A93D #3DC465 #3D58C4 #C43D9B

split-complementary

#C4A93D #3D9BC4 #653DC4

monochromatic

#67591F #96812E #C4A93D #D2BE6C #E1D39B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C4A93D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#C4A93D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A93D

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A93D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A93D	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)

#BAA62E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a93d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 169, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.128 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c278',
    500: '#c4a93d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a93d;
$custom-light: #d9c278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a93d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73891,
    "c": 0.12828,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A93D

secondary

#909CCD

accent

#68DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A93D

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

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