#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
RGB	rgb(196, 171, 57)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 70.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.29, -3.36, 59.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.29, 59.21, 93.26°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% -0.015 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.132 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.0683, 41.1590, 9.8094)
Luminance	0.4116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##C4AB39	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	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)

#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

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

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