#C4AA37#C4AA37

#C4AA37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.133 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AA37
RGB	rgb(196, 170, 55)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, -2.93, 59.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 59.69, 92.82°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% -0.014 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.133 96)
XYZ	xyz(37.8312, 40.7631, 9.4891)
Luminance	0.4076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AA37 #3751C4

analogous

#C46437 #C4AA37 #98C437

triadic

#C4AA37 #37C4AA #AA37C4

tetradic

#C4AA37 #37C464 #3751C4 #C43798

square

#C4AA37 #37C464 #3751C4 #C43798

split-complementary

#C4AA37 #3798C4 #6437C4

monochromatic

#64571C #94812A #C4AA37 #D4BF65 #E1D394

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C4AA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#C4AA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AA37

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AA37	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)

#BBA625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4aa37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 170, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.133 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac275',
    500: '#c4aa37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4aa37;
$custom-light: #dac275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4aa37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.936,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74051,
    "c": 0.13305,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.40761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AA37

secondary

#8B97CC

accent

#64DF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AA37

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

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