#C4AC3D#C4AC3D

#C4AC3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.130 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AC3D
RGB	rgb(196, 172, 61)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 68.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.58, -3.68, 57.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.58, 57.91, 93.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.0154 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.13 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.3616, 41.5797, 10.4190)
Luminance	0.4158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AC3D #3D55C4

analogous

#C4683D #C4AC3D #99C43D

triadic

#C4AC3D #3DC4AC #AC3DC4

tetradic

#C4AC3D #3DC468 #3D55C4 #C43D99

square

#C4AC3D #3DC468 #3D55C4 #C43D99

split-complementary

#C4AC3D #3D99C4 #683DC4

monochromatic

#675A1F #96842E #C4AC3D #D2C06C #E1D49B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C4AC3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#C4AC3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AC3D

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AC3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AC3D	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA82E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ac3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 172, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.130 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c479',
    500: '#c4ac3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ac3d;
$custom-light: #d9c479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ac3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.333,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74516,
    "c": 0.13045,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AC3D

secondary

#909BCD

accent

#65DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AC3D

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

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