#C4AB39#C4AB39

#C4AB39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.132 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C4AB39
RGBrgb(196, 171, 57)
HSLhsl(49, 55%, 50%)
HSVhsv(49, 71%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 12.8%, 70.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(70.29, -3.36, 59.11)
CIE-LCHlch(70.29, 59.21, 93.26°)
OKLaboklab(74.28% -0.015 0.1316)
OKLCHoklch(74.28% 0.132 96.5)
XYZxyz(38.0683, 41.1590, 9.8094)
Luminance0.4116 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C4AB39 #3952C4
analogous
#C46639 #C4AB39 #97C439
triadic
#C4AB39 #39C4AB #AB39C4
tetradic
#C4AB39 #39C466 #3952C4 #C43997
square
#C4AB39 #39C466 #3952C4 #C43997
split-complementary
#C4AB39 #3997C4 #6639C4
monochromatic
#65581D #95822B #C4AB39 #D3C067 #E1D397

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27
#C4AB39 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23
#C4AB39 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AB39
9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C4AB39#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C4AB391.002.279.239.23
#FFFFFF2.271.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2321.001.001.00
##0000009.2321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BCA728
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C3AF40
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D39E94
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c4ab39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 171, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.132 96.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac376',
    500: '#c4ab39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c4ab39;
$custom-light: #dac376;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c4ab39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.209,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74275,
    "c": 0.13245,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C4AB39
secondary
#8D98CC
accent
#64DE4A
background
#FDFBF7
surface
#FBF7ED
border
#D4D0C8
text
#151209
muted
#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AB39

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#C4AB39 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva