#C4AA35#C4AA35

#C4AA35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.134 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AA35
RGB	rgb(196, 170, 53)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, -3.03, 60.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 60.45, 92.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% -0.0145 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.134 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.7842, 40.7443, 9.2417)
Luminance	0.4074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AA35 #354FC4

analogous

#C46335 #C4AA35 #97C435

triadic

#C4AA35 #35C4AA #AA35C4

tetradic

#C4AA35 #35C463 #354FC4 #C43597

square

#C4AA35 #35C463 #354FC4 #C43597

split-complementary

#C4AA35 #3597C4 #6335C4

monochromatic

#64561B #948028 #C4AA35 #D4C062 #E1D392

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C4AA35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#C4AA35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AA35

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AA35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AA35	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)

#BBA622

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4aa35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 170, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.134 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac274',
    500: '#c4aa35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4aa35;
$custom-light: #dac274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4aa35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74036,
    "c": 0.13431,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AA35

secondary

#8895CC

accent

#63E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AA35

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

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