#C4AC4E#C4AC4E

#C4AC4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.117 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AC4E
RGB	rgb(196, 172, 78)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 60.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.73, -2.62, 50.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.73, 50.55, 92.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% -0.0104 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.117 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.8943, 41.7927, 13.2244)
Luminance	0.4179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AC4E #4E66C4

analogous

#C4714E #C4AC4E #A1C44E

triadic

#C4AC4E #4EC4AC #AC4EC4

tetradic

#C4AC4E #4EC471 #4E66C4 #C44EA1

square

#C4AC4E #4EC471 #4E66C4 #C44EA1

split-complementary

#C4AC4E #4EA1C4 #714EC4

monochromatic

#726226 #A08A35 #C4AC4E #D3C27C #E3D7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C4AC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#C4AC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AC4E

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AC4E	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B052

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ac4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 172, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.117 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c483',
    500: '#c4ac4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ac4e;
$custom-light: #d9c483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ac4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.797,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74681,
    "c": 0.11704,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AC4E

secondary

#9EA8D0

accent

#6BDA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AC4E

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

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