#C4AC3F#C4AC3F

#C4AC3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.129 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AC3F
RGB	rgb(196, 172, 63)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 67.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, -3.57, 56.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 57.10, 93.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.53% -0.0149 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(74.53% 0.129 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.4165, 41.6016, 10.7081)
Luminance	0.4160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AC3F #3F57C4

analogous

#C4693F #C4AC3F #99C43F

triadic

#C4AC3F #3FC4AC #AC3FC4

tetradic

#C4AC3F #3FC469 #3F57C4 #C43F99

square

#C4AC3F #3FC469 #3F57C4 #C43F99

split-complementary

#C4AC3F #3F99C4 #693FC4

monochromatic

#685B20 #97842E #C4AC3F #D2C06E #E1D49D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C4AC3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#C4AC3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AC3F

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AC3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AC3F	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)

#BDA831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ac3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 172, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.129 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c47a',
    500: '#c4ac3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ac3f;
$custom-light: #d9c47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ac3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.173,
    "s": 52.988,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74533,
    "c": 0.12902,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AC3F

secondary

#929DCD

accent

#66DC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AC3F

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

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