#C4AC3E#C4AC3E

#C4AC3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.130 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AC3E
RGB	rgb(196, 172, 62)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 68.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.59, -3.63, 57.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.59, 57.51, 93.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.0152 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.13 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.3888, 41.5905, 10.5622)
Luminance	0.4159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AC3E #3E56C4

analogous

#C4693E #C4AC3E #99C43E

triadic

#C4AC3E #3EC4AC #AC3EC4

tetradic

#C4AC3E #3EC469 #3E56C4 #C43E99

square

#C4AC3E #3EC469 #3E56C4 #C43E99

split-complementary

#C4AC3E #3E99C4 #693EC4

monochromatic

#685B20 #97842E #C4AC3E #D2C06D #E1D49C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C4AC3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#C4AC3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AC3E

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AC3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AC3E	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)

#BDA82F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ac3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 172, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.130 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c479',
    500: '#c4ac3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ac3e;
$custom-light: #d9c479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ac3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.254,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74525,
    "c": 0.12974,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AC3E

secondary

#919CCD

accent

#65DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AC3E

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

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