#C4AC3A#C4AC3A

#C4AC3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.133 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AC3A
RGB	rgb(196, 172, 58)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 70.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.56, -3.84, 58.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.56, 59.11, 93.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% -0.0162 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.133 97)
XYZ	xyz(38.2831, 41.5482, 10.0053)
Luminance	0.4155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AC3A #3A52C4

analogous

#C4673A #C4AC3A #97C43A

triadic

#C4AC3A #3AC4AC #AC3AC4

tetradic

#C4AC3A #3AC467 #3A52C4 #C43A97

square

#C4AC3A #3AC467 #3A52C4 #C43A97

split-complementary

#C4AC3A #3A97C4 #673AC4

monochromatic

#66591E #95832C #C4AC3A #D3C069 #E0D498

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C4AC3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#C4AC3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AC3A

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AC3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AC3A	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)

#BDA829

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ac3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 172, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.133 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac477',
    500: '#c4ac3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ac3a;
$custom-light: #dac477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ac3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74492,
    "c": 0.13252,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.41546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AC3A

secondary

#8E99CC

accent

#64DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AC3A

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

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