#C4A952#C4A952

#C4A952 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.111 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A952
RGB	rgb(196, 169, 82)
HSL	hsl(46, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 58.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, -0.73, 47.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 47.75, 90.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% -0.0044 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.111 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.4775, 40.7228, 13.8146)
Luminance	0.4072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A952 #526DC4

analogous

#C47052 #C4A952 #A6C452

triadic

#C4A952 #52C4A9 #A952C4

tetradic

#C4A952 #52C470 #526DC4 #C452A6

square

#C4A952 #52C470 #526DC4 #C452A6

split-complementary

#C4A952 #52A6C4 #7052C4

monochromatic

#746228 #A28837 #C4A952 #D4C080 #E3D6AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C4A952 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#C4A952 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A952

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A952	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A952	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)

#B9A649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a952;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 169, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.111 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c285',
    500: '#c4a952',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a952;
$custom-light: #d9c285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a952",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.789,
    "s": 49.138,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74104,
    "c": 0.11128,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A952

secondary

#A1ACD1

accent

#70D94F

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A952

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

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