#C4AA34#C4AA34

#C4AA34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.135 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AA34
RGB	rgb(196, 170, 52)
HSL	hsl(49, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 73.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, -3.08, 60.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 60.82, 92.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% -0.0147 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.135 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.7614, 40.7352, 9.1218)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AA34 #344EC4

analogous

#C46234 #C4AA34 #96C434

triadic

#C4AA34 #34C4AA #AA34C4

tetradic

#C4AA34 #34C462 #344EC4 #C43496

square

#C4AA34 #34C462 #344EC4 #C43496

split-complementary

#C4AA34 #3496C4 #6234C4

monochromatic

#63561A #948027 #C4AA34 #D5C060 #E2D391

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C4AA34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#C4AA34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AA34

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AA34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AA34	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA620

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4aa34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 170, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.135 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac274',
    500: '#c4aa34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4aa34;
$custom-light: #dac274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4aa34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.167,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74029,
    "c": 0.13493,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AA34

secondary

#8794CC

accent

#62E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AA34

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

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