#C4AA3B#C4AA3B

#C4AA3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.130 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AA3B
RGB	rgb(196, 170, 59)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 69.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, -2.73, 58.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 58.13, 92.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% -0.013 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.13 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9310, 40.8030, 10.0147)
Luminance	0.4080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AA3B #3B55C4

analogous

#C4653B #C4AA3B #9AC43B

triadic

#C4AA3B #3BC4AA #AA3BC4

tetradic

#C4AA3B #3BC465 #3B55C4 #C43B9A

square

#C4AA3B #3BC465 #3B55C4 #C43B9A

split-complementary

#C4AA3B #3B9AC4 #653BC4

monochromatic

#66581F #95812D #C4AA3B #D2BE6A #E0D399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C4AA3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#C4AA3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AA3B

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AA3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AA3B	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)

#BBA62B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4aa3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 170, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.130 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac277',
    500: '#c4aa3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4aa3b;
$custom-light: #dac277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4aa3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.613,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74082,
    "c": 0.13039,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AA3B

secondary

#8F9ACC

accent

#66DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AA3B

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

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