#C4AA3A#C4AA3A

#C4AA3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.131 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AA3A
RGB	rgb(196, 170, 58)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 70.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, -2.78, 58.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 58.52, 92.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% -0.0132 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.131 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.9053, 40.7927, 9.8794)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AA3A #3A54C4

analogous

#C4653A #C4AA3A #99C43A

triadic

#C4AA3A #3AC4AA #AA3AC4

tetradic

#C4AA3A #3AC465 #3A54C4 #C43A99

square

#C4AA3A #3AC465 #3A54C4 #C43A99

split-complementary

#C4AA3A #3A99C4 #653AC4

monochromatic

#66581E #95812C #C4AA3A #D3BF69 #E0D398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C4AA3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#C4AA3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AA3A

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AA3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AA3A	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)

#BBA62A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4aa3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 170, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.131 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac277',
    500: '#c4aa3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4aa3a;
$custom-light: #dac277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4aa3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.696,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74074,
    "c": 0.13107,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AA3A

secondary

#8E99CC

accent

#66DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AA3A

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

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