#C4AA42#C4AA42

#C4AA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.125 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AA42
RGB	rgb(196, 170, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, -2.34, 55.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 55.24, 92.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% -0.011 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.125 95)
XYZ	xyz(38.1249, 40.8805, 11.0358)
Luminance	0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AA42 #425CC4

analogous

#C46942 #C4AA42 #9DC442

triadic

#C4AA42 #42C4AA #AA42C4

tetradic

#C4AA42 #42C469 #425CC4 #C4429D

square

#C4AA42 #42C469 #425CC4 #C4429D

split-complementary

#C4AA42 #429DC4 #6942C4

monochromatic

#6A5C21 #998430 #C4AA42 #D3BF71 #E1D49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C4AA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#C4AA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AA42

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AA42	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4aa42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 170, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.125 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c37b',
    500: '#c4aa42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4aa42;
$custom-light: #d9c37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4aa42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74143,
    "c": 0.12533,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.40879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AA42

secondary

#94A0CE

accent

#69DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AA42

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

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