#C4AC37#C4AC37

#C4AC37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.134 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AC37
RGB	rgb(196, 172, 55)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.54, -3.99, 60.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.54, 60.27, 93.80°)
OKLab	oklab(74.47% -0.017 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(74.47% 0.134 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.2090, 41.5186, 9.6150)
Luminance	0.4152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AC37 #374FC4

analogous

#C46637 #C4AC37 #96C437

triadic

#C4AC37 #37C4AC #AC37C4

tetradic

#C4AC37 #37C466 #374FC4 #C43796

square

#C4AC37 #37C466 #374FC4 #C43796

split-complementary

#C4AC37 #3796C4 #6637C4

monochromatic

#64581C #94822A #C4AC37 #D4C165 #E1D494

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C4AC37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#C4AC37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AC37

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AC37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AC37	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)

#BDA825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ac37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 172, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.134 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac475',
    500: '#c4ac37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ac37;
$custom-light: #dac475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ac37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.787,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74469,
    "c": 0.13449,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AC37

secondary

#8B96CC

accent

#62DF48

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AC37

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

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