#C4AC35#C4AC35

#C4AC35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.136 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AC35
RGB	rgb(196, 172, 53)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.52, -4.09, 60.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.52, 61.03, 93.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% -0.0175 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.136 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1620, 41.4998, 9.3676)
Luminance	0.4150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AC35 #354DC4

analogous

#C46535 #C4AC35 #95C435

triadic

#C4AC35 #35C4AC #AC35C4

tetradic

#C4AC35 #35C465 #354DC4 #C43595

square

#C4AC35 #35C465 #354DC4 #C43595

split-complementary

#C4AC35 #3595C4 #6535C4

monochromatic

#64571B #948228 #C4AC35 #D4C162 #E1D492

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C4AC35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#C4AC35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AC35

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AC35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AC35	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA821

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ac35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 172, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.136 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac474',
    500: '#c4ac35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ac35;
$custom-light: #dac474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ac35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.93,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74455,
    "c": 0.13575,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AC35

secondary

#8894CC

accent

#61E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AC35

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

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