#C4AA40#C4AA40

#C4AA40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.127 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AA40
RGB	rgb(196, 170, 64)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, -2.46, 56.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 56.08, 92.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% -0.0116 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.127 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.0669, 40.8574, 10.7307)
Luminance	0.4086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AA40 #405AC4

analogous

#C46840 #C4AA40 #9CC440

triadic

#C4AA40 #40C4AA #AA40C4

tetradic

#C4AA40 #40C468 #405AC4 #C4409C

square

#C4AA40 #40C468 #405AC4 #C4409C

split-complementary

#C4AA40 #409CC4 #6840C4

monochromatic

#695B20 #98832F #C4AA40 #D2BF6F #E1D49E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C4AA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#C4AA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AA40

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AA40	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)

#BBA732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4aa40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 170, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.127 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c37a',
    500: '#c4aa40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4aa40;
$custom-light: #d9c37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4aa40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.182,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74125,
    "c": 0.12682,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AA40

secondary

#939ECD

accent

#68DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AA40

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

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