#C4AA36#C4AA36

#C4AA36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.134 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AA36
RGB	rgb(196, 170, 54)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, -2.98, 60.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 60.07, 92.85°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% -0.0142 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.134 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.8075, 40.7536, 9.3641)
Luminance	0.4075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AA36 #3650C4

analogous

#C46336 #C4AA36 #97C436

triadic

#C4AA36 #36C4AA #AA36C4

tetradic

#C4AA36 #36C463 #3650C4 #C43697

square

#C4AA36 #36C463 #3650C4 #C43697

split-complementary

#C4AA36 #3697C4 #6336C4

monochromatic

#64571C #948029 #C4AA36 #D4BF63 #E1D393

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C4AA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#C4AA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AA36

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AA36	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	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)

#BBA624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4aa36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 170, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.134 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac275',
    500: '#c4aa36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4aa36;
$custom-light: #dac275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4aa36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.014,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74044,
    "c": 0.13369,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AA36

secondary

#8996CC

accent

#64E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AA36

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

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