#C4A93E#C4A93E

#C4A93E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.128 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A93E
RGB	rgb(196, 169, 62)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 68.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, -2.04, 56.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 56.62, 92.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% -0.0106 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.128 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8243, 40.4615, 10.3740)
Luminance	0.4046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A93E #3E59C4

analogous

#C4663E #C4A93E #9CC43E

triadic

#C4A93E #3EC4A9 #A93EC4

tetradic

#C4A93E #3EC466 #3E59C4 #C43E9C

square

#C4A93E #3EC466 #3E59C4 #C43E9C

split-complementary

#C4A93E #3E9CC4 #663EC4

monochromatic

#685920 #97822E #C4A93E #D2BE6D #E1D39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C4A93E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#C4A93E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A93E

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A93E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A93E	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)

#BAA630

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a93e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 169, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.128 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c279',
    500: '#c4a93e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a93e;
$custom-light: #d9c279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a93e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.91,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73899,
    "c": 0.12757,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A93E

secondary

#919DCD

accent

#69DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A93E

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

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