#C4AA4E#C4AA4E

#C4AA4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.116 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AA4E
RGB	rgb(196, 170, 78)
HSL	hsl(47, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 60.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.20, -1.56, 49.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.20, 49.92, 91.79°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.0073 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.116 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.5165, 41.0372, 13.0984)
Luminance	0.4103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AA4E #4E68C4

analogous

#C46F4E #C4AA4E #A3C44E

triadic

#C4AA4E #4EC4AA #AA4EC4

tetradic

#C4AA4E #4EC46F #4E68C4 #C44EA3

square

#C4AA4E #4EC46F #4E68C4 #C44EA3

split-complementary

#C4AA4E #4EA3C4 #6F4EC4

monochromatic

#726126 #A08835 #C4AA4E #D3C07C #E3D6AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C4AA4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#C4AA4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AA4E

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AA4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AA4E	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA745

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4aa4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 170, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.116 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c383',
    500: '#c4aa4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4aa4e;
$custom-light: #d9c383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4aa4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.78,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74265,
    "c": 0.11554,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AA4E

secondary

#9EA9D0

accent

#6DDA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AA4E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →