#C4AB3D#C4AB3D

#C4AB3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.130 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AB3D
RGB	rgb(196, 171, 61)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 68.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, -3.16, 57.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 57.61, 93.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.31% -0.0139 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(74.31% 0.13 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1720, 41.2005, 10.3558)
Luminance	0.4120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AB3D #3D56C4

analogous

#C4673D #C4AB3D #99C43D

triadic

#C4AB3D #3DC4AB #AB3DC4

tetradic

#C4AB3D #3DC467 #3D56C4 #C43D99

square

#C4AB3D #3DC467 #3D56C4 #C43D99

split-complementary

#C4AB3D #3D99C4 #673DC4

monochromatic

#675A1F #96832E #C4AB3D #D2BF6C #E1D49B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C4AB3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#C4AB3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AB3D

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AB3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AB3D	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)

#BCA72E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ab3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 171, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.130 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c379',
    500: '#c4ab3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ab3d;
$custom-light: #d9c379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ab3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74307,
    "c": 0.12971,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AB3D

secondary

#909BCD

accent

#66DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AB3D

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

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