#C4AA3C#C4AA3C

#C4AA3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.130 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AA3C
RGB	rgb(196, 170, 60)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 69.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, -2.68, 57.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 57.72, 92.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% -0.0127 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.13 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9572, 40.8134, 10.1526)
Luminance	0.4081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AA3C #3C56C4

analogous

#C4663C #C4AA3C #9AC43C

triadic

#C4AA3C #3CC4AA #AA3CC4

tetradic

#C4AA3C #3CC466 #3C56C4 #C43C9A

square

#C4AA3C #3CC466 #3C56C4 #C43C9A

split-complementary

#C4AA3C #3C9AC4 #663CC4

monochromatic

#67591F #96822D #C4AA3C #D2BE6B #E0D39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C4AA3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#C4AA3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AA3C

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AA3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AA3C	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)

#BBA62D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4aa3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 170, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.130 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c278',
    500: '#c4aa3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4aa3c;
$custom-light: #d9c278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4aa3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.529,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74091,
    "c": 0.12969,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AA3C

secondary

#909BCC

accent

#67DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AA3C

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

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