#C4AC40#C4AC40

#C4AC40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.128 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AC40
RGB	rgb(196, 172, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, -3.52, 56.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 56.68, 93.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% -0.0146 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.128 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.4447, 41.6129, 10.8566)
Luminance	0.4161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AC40 #4058C4

analogous

#C46A40 #C4AC40 #9AC440

triadic

#C4AC40 #40C4AC #AC40C4

tetradic

#C4AC40 #40C46A #4058C4 #C4409A

square

#C4AC40 #40C46A #4058C4 #C4409A

split-complementary

#C4AC40 #409AC4 #6A40C4

monochromatic

#695C20 #98852F #C4AC40 #D2C06F #E1D59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C4AC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#C4AC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AC40

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AC40	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)

#BDA832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ac40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 172, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.128 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c47a',
    500: '#c4ac40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ac40;
$custom-light: #d9c47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ac40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74542,
    "c": 0.12829,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AC40

secondary

#939DCD

accent

#66DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AC40

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

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