#C4AB3A#C4AB3A

#C4AB3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.132 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AB3A
RGB	rgb(196, 171, 58)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 70.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.29, -3.31, 58.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.29, 58.82, 93.23°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% -0.0147 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.132 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.0935, 41.1690, 9.9421)
Luminance	0.4117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AB3A #3A53C4

analogous

#C4663A #C4AB3A #98C43A

triadic

#C4AB3A #3AC4AB #AB3AC4

tetradic

#C4AB3A #3AC466 #3A53C4 #C43A98

square

#C4AB3A #3AC466 #3A53C4 #C43A98

split-complementary

#C4AB3A #3A98C4 #663AC4

monochromatic

#66591E #95822C #C4AB3A #D3BF69 #E0D398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C4AB3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#C4AB3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AB3A

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AB3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AB3A	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)

#BCA72A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ab3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 171, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.132 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac377',
    500: '#c4ab3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ab3a;
$custom-light: #dac377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ab3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.13,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74283,
    "c": 0.13179,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AB3A

secondary

#8E99CC

accent

#65DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AB3A

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

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