#C4AC3B#C4AC3B

#C4AC3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.132 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AC3B
RGB	rgb(196, 172, 59)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 69.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.57, -3.79, 58.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.57, 58.72, 93.70°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% -0.016 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.132 97)
XYZ	xyz(38.3087, 41.5585, 10.1406)
Luminance	0.4156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AC3B #3B53C4

analogous

#C4683B #C4AC3B #97C43B

triadic

#C4AC3B #3BC4AC #AC3BC4

tetradic

#C4AC3B #3BC468 #3B53C4 #C43B97

square

#C4AC3B #3BC468 #3B53C4 #C43B97

split-complementary

#C4AC3B #3B97C4 #683BC4

monochromatic

#66591F #95832D #C4AC3B #D2C06A #E0D499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C4AC3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#C4AC3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AC3B

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AC3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AC3B	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)

#BDA82B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ac3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 172, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.132 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c478',
    500: '#c4ac3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ac3b;
$custom-light: #d9c478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ac3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.489,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.745,
    "c": 0.13184,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.41557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AC3B

secondary

#8F99CC

accent

#64DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AC3B

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

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