#C4AC43#C4AC43

#C4AC43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.126 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AC43
RGB	rgb(196, 172, 67)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 65.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, -3.34, 55.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 55.42, 93.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.57% -0.0138 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(74.57% 0.126 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.5324, 41.6480, 11.3183)
Luminance	0.4165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AC43 #435BC4

analogous

#C46C43 #C4AC43 #9CC443

triadic

#C4AC43 #43C4AC #AC43C4

tetradic

#C4AC43 #43C46C #435BC4 #C4439C

square

#C4AC43 #43C46C #435BC4 #C4439C

split-complementary

#C4AC43 #439CC4 #6C43C4

monochromatic

#6B5D22 #9A8630 #C4AC43 #D3C172 #E1D5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C4AC43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#C4AC43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AC43

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AC43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AC43	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ac43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 172, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.126 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c47c',
    500: '#c4ac43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ac43;
$custom-light: #d9c47c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ac43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.837,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74569,
    "c": 0.12603,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AC43

secondary

#95A0CE

accent

#67DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AC43

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

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