#C4A940#C4A940

#C4A940 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.126 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A940
RGB	rgb(196, 169, 64)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.81, -1.93, 55.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.81, 55.78, 91.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% -0.0101 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.126 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.8802, 40.4839, 10.6684)
Luminance	0.4048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A940 #405BC4

analogous

#C46740 #C4A940 #9DC440

triadic

#C4A940 #40C4A9 #A940C4

tetradic

#C4A940 #40C467 #405BC4 #C4409D

square

#C4A940 #40C467 #405BC4 #C4409D

split-complementary

#C4A940 #409DC4 #6740C4

monochromatic

#695A20 #98822F #C4A940 #D2BE6F #E1D39E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C4A940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#C4A940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A940

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A940	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA633

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 169, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.126 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c27a',
    500: '#c4a940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a940;
$custom-light: #d9c27a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.727,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73917,
    "c": 0.12611,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A940

secondary

#939FCD

accent

#69DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A940

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

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