#C4AC3C#C4AC3C

#C4AC3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.131 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AC3C
RGB	rgb(196, 172, 60)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 69.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.57, -3.74, 58.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.57, 58.32, 93.67°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% -0.0157 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.131 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.3349, 41.5690, 10.2785)
Luminance	0.4157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AC3C #3C54C4

analogous

#C4683C #C4AC3C #98C43C

triadic

#C4AC3C #3CC4AC #AC3CC4

tetradic

#C4AC3C #3CC468 #3C54C4 #C43C98

square

#C4AC3C #3CC468 #3C54C4 #C43C98

split-complementary

#C4AC3C #3C98C4 #683CC4

monochromatic

#675A1F #96832D #C4AC3C #D2C06B #E0D49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C4AC3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#C4AC3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AC3C

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AC3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AC3C	1.00	2.25	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.25	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)

#BDA82C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ac3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 172, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.131 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c478',
    500: '#c4ac3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ac3c;
$custom-light: #d9c478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ac3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74508,
    "c": 0.13114,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AC3C

secondary

#909ACC

accent

#65DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AC3C

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

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