#C4AA45#C4AA45

#C4AA45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.123 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AA45
RGB	rgb(196, 170, 69)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 64.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, -2.16, 53.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 53.95, 92.29°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% -0.0101 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.123 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.2156, 40.9168, 11.5139)
Luminance	0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AA45 #455FC4

analogous

#C46B45 #C4AA45 #9EC445

triadic

#C4AA45 #45C4AA #AA45C4

tetradic

#C4AA45 #45C46B #455FC4 #C4459E

square

#C4AA45 #45C46B #455FC4 #C4459E

split-complementary

#C4AA45 #459EC4 #6B45C4

monochromatic

#6C5D22 #9B8531 #C4AA45 #D3BF73 #E1D4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C4AA45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#C4AA45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AA45

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AA45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AA45	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)

#BBA739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4aa45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 170, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.123 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c37d',
    500: '#c4aa45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4aa45;
$custom-light: #d9c37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4aa45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.717,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74171,
    "c": 0.12301,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AA45

secondary

#97A2CE

accent

#6ADB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AA45

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

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