#C4AB3B#C4AB3B

#C4AB3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.131 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AB3B
RGB	rgb(196, 171, 59)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 69.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, -3.26, 58.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 58.42, 93.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% -0.0145 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.131 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.1191, 41.1793, 10.0774)
Luminance	0.4118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AB3B #3B54C4

analogous

#C4673B #C4AB3B #98C43B

triadic

#C4AB3B #3BC4AB #AB3BC4

tetradic

#C4AB3B #3BC467 #3B54C4 #C43B98

square

#C4AB3B #3BC467 #3B54C4 #C43B98

split-complementary

#C4AB3B #3B98C4 #673BC4

monochromatic

#66591F #95822D #C4AB3B #D2BF6A #E0D399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C4AB3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#C4AB3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AB3B

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AB3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AB3B	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA72B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ab3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 171, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.131 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac377',
    500: '#c4ab3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ab3b;
$custom-light: #dac377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ab3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.051,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74291,
    "c": 0.1311,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AB3B

secondary

#8F9ACC

accent

#65DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AB3B

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

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