#C4AB34#C4AB34

#C4AB34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.136 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AB34
RGB	rgb(196, 171, 52)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 73.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, -3.60, 61.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 61.11, 93.38°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.0162 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.136 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9496, 41.1115, 9.1846)
Luminance	0.4111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AB34 #344DC4

analogous

#C46334 #C4AB34 #95C434

triadic

#C4AB34 #34C4AB #AB34C4

tetradic

#C4AB34 #34C463 #344DC4 #C43495

square

#C4AB34 #34C463 #344DC4 #C43495

split-complementary

#C4AB34 #3495C4 #6334C4

monochromatic

#63571A #948127 #C4AB34 #D5C160 #E2D491

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C4AB34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#C4AB34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AB34

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AB34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AB34	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA720

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ab34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 171, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.136 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac374',
    500: '#c4ab34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ab34;
$custom-light: #dac374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ab34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.583,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74238,
    "c": 0.13564,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AB34

secondary

#8793CC

accent

#61E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AB34

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

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