#C4AA3D#C4AA3D

#C4AA3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.129 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AA3D
RGB	rgb(196, 170, 61)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 68.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, -2.63, 57.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 57.32, 92.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% -0.0124 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.129 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.9838, 40.8241, 10.2931)
Luminance	0.4082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AA3D #3D57C4

analogous

#C4663D #C4AA3D #9BC43D

triadic

#C4AA3D #3DC4AA #AA3DC4

tetradic

#C4AA3D #3DC466 #3D57C4 #C43D9B

square

#C4AA3D #3DC466 #3D57C4 #C43D9B

split-complementary

#C4AA3D #3D9BC4 #663DC4

monochromatic

#67591F #96822E #C4AA3D #D2BF6C #E1D39B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C4AA3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#C4AA3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AA3D

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AA3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AA3D	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)

#BBA72E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4aa3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 170, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.129 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c278',
    500: '#c4aa3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4aa3d;
$custom-light: #d9c278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4aa3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.444,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74099,
    "c": 0.12899,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AA3D

secondary

#909CCD

accent

#67DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AA3D

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

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