#C4AC45#C4AC45

#C4AC45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.124 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AC45
RGB	rgb(196, 172, 69)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 64.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, -3.22, 54.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 54.56, 93.38°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% -0.0132 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.124 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.5934, 41.6724, 11.6398)
Luminance	0.4167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AC45 #455DC4

analogous

#C46C45 #C4AC45 #9DC445

triadic

#C4AC45 #45C4AC #AC45C4

tetradic

#C4AC45 #45C46C #455DC4 #C4459D

square

#C4AC45 #45C46C #455DC4 #C4459D

split-complementary

#C4AC45 #459DC4 #6C45C4

monochromatic

#6C5E22 #9B8731 #C4AC45 #D3C173 #E1D5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C4AC45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#C4AC45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AC45

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AC45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AC45	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)

#BDA839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ac45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 172, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.124 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c47d',
    500: '#c4ac45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ac45;
$custom-light: #d9c47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ac45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.661,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74588,
    "c": 0.12449,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AC45

secondary

#97A1CE

accent

#67DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AC45

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

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