#C4A950#C4A950

#C4A950 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.113 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A950
RGB	rgb(196, 169, 80)
HSL	hsl(46, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 59.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, -0.88, 48.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 48.68, 91.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% -0.0051 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.113 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.4025, 40.6928, 13.4196)
Luminance	0.4069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A950 #506BC4

analogous

#C46F50 #C4A950 #A5C450

triadic

#C4A950 #50C4A9 #A950C4

tetradic

#C4A950 #50C46F #506BC4 #C450A5

square

#C4A950 #50C46F #506BC4 #C450A5

split-complementary

#C4A950 #50A5C4 #6F50C4

monochromatic

#736127 #A18836 #C4A950 #D3BF7E #E3D6AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C4A950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#C4A950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A950

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A950	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 169, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.113 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c284',
    500: '#c4a950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a950;
$custom-light: #d9c284;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.034,
    "s": 49.573,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74081,
    "c": 0.11307,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A950

secondary

#9FABD1

accent

#6FD94F

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A950

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

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