#C4AC48#C4AC48

#C4AC48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.122 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AC48
RGB	rgb(196, 172, 72)
HSL	hsl(48, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 63.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.67, -3.03, 53.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.67, 53.25, 93.26°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% -0.0123 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.122 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.6889, 41.7106, 12.1427)
Luminance	0.4171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AC48 #4860C4

analogous

#C46E48 #C4AC48 #9EC448

triadic

#C4AC48 #48C4AC #AC48C4

tetradic

#C4AC48 #48C46E #4860C4 #C4489E

square

#C4AC48 #48C46E #4860C4 #C4489E

split-complementary

#C4AC48 #489EC4 #6E48C4

monochromatic

#6E6023 #9C8832 #C4AC48 #D3C176 #E2D6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C4AC48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#C4AC48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AC48

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AC48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AC48	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA83D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B04D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ac48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 172, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.122 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c47f',
    500: '#c4ac48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ac48;
$custom-light: #d9c47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ac48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.387,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74617,
    "c": 0.12209,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AC48

secondary

#99A3CF

accent

#69DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AC48

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

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