#C4AA25#C4AA25

#C4AA25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.143 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AA25
RGB	rgb(196, 170, 37)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 81%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 81.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, -3.66, 65.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 65.81, 93.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% -0.0178 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.143 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.4756, 40.6208, 7.6166)
Luminance	0.4062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AA25 #253FC4

analogous

#C45B25 #C4AA25 #8EC425

triadic

#C4AA25 #25C4AA #AA25C4

tetradic

#C4AA25 #25C45B #253FC4 #C4258E

square

#C4AA25 #25C45B #253FC4 #C4258E

split-complementary

#C4AA25 #258EC4 #5B25C4

monochromatic

#5D5112 #917D1B #C4AA25 #DDC549 #E6D57D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C4AA25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#C4AA25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AA25

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AA25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AA25	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AE2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4aa25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 170, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.143 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac26c',
    500: '#c4aa25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4aa25;
$custom-light: #dac26c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4aa25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.189,
    "s": 68.24,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7394,
    "c": 0.14288,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AA25

secondary

#7685CF

accent

#59EB3D

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF7EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AA25

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

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