#C4AC38#C4AC38

#C4AC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.134 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AC38
RGB	rgb(196, 172, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.54, -3.94, 59.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.54, 59.89, 93.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.0167 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.134 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.2332, 41.5283, 9.7425)
Luminance	0.4153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AC38 #3850C4

analogous

#C46638 #C4AC38 #96C438

triadic

#C4AC38 #38C4AC #AC38C4

tetradic

#C4AC38 #38C466 #3850C4 #C43896

square

#C4AC38 #38C466 #3850C4 #C43896

split-complementary

#C4AC38 #3896C4 #6638C4

monochromatic

#65581D #94822A #C4AC38 #D3C166 #E1D496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C4AC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#C4AC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AC38

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AC38	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA826

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B03F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ac38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 172, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.134 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac476',
    500: '#c4ac38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ac38;
$custom-light: #dac476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ac38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.714,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74477,
    "c": 0.13384,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AC38

secondary

#8C97CC

accent

#63DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AC38

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

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