#C4AA44#C4AA44

#C4AA44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.124 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AA44
RGB	rgb(196, 170, 68)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 65.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, -2.22, 54.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 54.38, 92.34°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% -0.0104 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.124 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.1849, 40.9045, 11.3518)
Luminance	0.4090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AA44 #445EC4

analogous

#C46A44 #C4AA44 #9EC444

triadic

#C4AA44 #44C4AA #AA44C4

tetradic

#C4AA44 #44C46A #445EC4 #C4449E

square

#C4AA44 #44C46A #445EC4 #C4449E

split-complementary

#C4AA44 #449EC4 #6A44C4

monochromatic

#6C5D22 #9A8531 #C4AA44 #D3BF73 #E1D4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C4AA44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#C4AA44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AA44

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AA44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AA44	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)

#BBA738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4aa44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 170, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.124 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c37d',
    500: '#c4aa44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4aa44;
$custom-light: #d9c37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4aa44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.813,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74162,
    "c": 0.12379,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AA44

secondary

#96A1CE

accent

#69DB4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AA44

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

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