#C4AA3E#C4AA3E

#C4AA3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.128 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AA3E
RGB	rgb(196, 170, 62)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 68.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, -2.57, 56.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 56.91, 92.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.0121 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.128 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.0110, 40.8350, 10.4363)
Luminance	0.4083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AA3E #3E58C4

analogous

#C4673E #C4AA3E #9BC43E

triadic

#C4AA3E #3EC4AA #AA3EC4

tetradic

#C4AA3E #3EC467 #3E58C4 #C43E9B

square

#C4AA3E #3EC467 #3E58C4 #C43E9B

split-complementary

#C4AA3E #3E9BC4 #673EC4

monochromatic

#685A20 #97822E #C4AA3E #D2BF6D #E1D39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C4AA3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#C4AA3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AA3E

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AA3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AA3E	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA730

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4aa3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 170, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.128 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c279',
    500: '#c4aa3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4aa3e;
$custom-light: #d9c279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4aa3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.358,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74107,
    "c": 0.12828,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AA3E

secondary

#919DCD

accent

#67DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AA3E

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

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