#C4AB35#C4AB35

#C4AB35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.135 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AB35
RGB	rgb(196, 171, 53)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.26, -3.56, 60.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.26, 60.74, 93.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.016 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.135 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.9724, 41.1206, 9.3044)
Luminance	0.4112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AB35 #354EC4

analogous

#C46335 #C4AB35 #96C435

triadic

#C4AB35 #35C4AB #AB35C4

tetradic

#C4AB35 #35C463 #354EC4 #C43596

square

#C4AB35 #35C463 #354EC4 #C43596

split-complementary

#C4AB35 #3596C4 #6335C4

monochromatic

#64571B #948128 #C4AB35 #D4C062 #E1D492

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C4AB35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#C4AB35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AB35

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AB35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AB35	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)

#BCA722

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ab35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 171, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.135 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac374',
    500: '#c4ab35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ab35;
$custom-light: #dac374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ab35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.51,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74245,
    "c": 0.13503,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AB35

secondary

#8894CC

accent

#62E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AB35

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

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