#C4AA39#C4AA39

#C4AA39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.132 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AA39
RGB	rgb(196, 170, 57)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 70.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, -2.84, 58.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 58.92, 92.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% -0.0135 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.132 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.8801, 40.7826, 9.7467)
Luminance	0.4078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AA39 #3953C4

analogous

#C46539 #C4AA39 #99C439

triadic

#C4AA39 #39C4AA #AA39C4

tetradic

#C4AA39 #39C465 #3953C4 #C43999

square

#C4AA39 #39C465 #3953C4 #C43999

split-complementary

#C4AA39 #3999C4 #6539C4

monochromatic

#65581D #95812B #C4AA39 #D3BF67 #E1D397

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C4AA39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#C4AA39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AA39

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AA39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AA39	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4aa39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 170, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.132 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac276',
    500: '#c4aa39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4aa39;
$custom-light: #dac276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4aa39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.777,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74066,
    "c": 0.13174,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AA39

secondary

#8D99CC

accent

#65DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AA39

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

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