#C4AC36#C4AC36

#C4AC36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.135 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AC36
RGB	rgb(196, 172, 54)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.53, -4.04, 60.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.53, 60.65, 93.82°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% -0.0172 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.135 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.1852, 41.5091, 9.4901)
Luminance	0.4151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AC36 #364EC4

analogous

#C46536 #C4AC36 #95C436

triadic

#C4AC36 #36C4AC #AC36C4

tetradic

#C4AC36 #36C465 #364EC4 #C43695

square

#C4AC36 #36C465 #364EC4 #C43695

split-complementary

#C4AC36 #3695C4 #6536C4

monochromatic

#64581C #948229 #C4AC36 #D4C163 #E1D493

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C4AC36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#C4AC36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AC36

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AC36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AC36	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)

#BDA823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ac36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 172, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.135 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac475',
    500: '#c4ac36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ac36;
$custom-light: #dac475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ac36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.859,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74462,
    "c": 0.13512,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AC36

secondary

#8995CC

accent

#61E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AC36

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

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