#C4AB37#C4AB37

#C4AB37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.134 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AB37
RGB	rgb(196, 171, 55)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, -3.46, 59.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 59.98, 93.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% -0.0155 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.134 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.0194, 41.1394, 9.5518)
Luminance	0.4114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AB37 #3750C4

analogous

#C46537 #C4AB37 #97C437

triadic

#C4AB37 #37C4AB #AB37C4

tetradic

#C4AB37 #37C465 #3750C4 #C43797

square

#C4AB37 #37C465 #3750C4 #C43797

split-complementary

#C4AB37 #3797C4 #6537C4

monochromatic

#64581C #94812A #C4AB37 #D4C065 #E1D394

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C4AB37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#C4AB37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AB37

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AB37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AB37	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ab37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 171, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.134 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac375',
    500: '#c4ab37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ab37;
$custom-light: #dac375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ab37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.362,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7426,
    "c": 0.13376,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AB37

secondary

#8B96CC

accent

#63DF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AB37

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

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