#C4AD34#C4AD34

#C4AD34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.137 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AD34
RGB	rgb(196, 173, 52)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 73.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, -4.66, 61.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 61.69, 94.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% -0.0192 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.137 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.3303, 41.8728, 9.3114)
Luminance	0.4187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AD34 #344BC4

analogous

#C46534 #C4AD34 #93C434

triadic

#C4AD34 #34C4AD #AD34C4

tetradic

#C4AD34 #34C465 #344BC4 #C43493

square

#C4AD34 #34C465 #344BC4 #C43493

split-complementary

#C4AD34 #3493C4 #6534C4

monochromatic

#63581A #948227 #C4AD34 #D5C260 #E2D591

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C4AD34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#C4AD34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AD34

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AD34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AD34	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA91F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ad34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 173, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.137 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac574',
    500: '#c4ad34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ad34;
$custom-light: #dac574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ad34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.417,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74657,
    "c": 0.1371,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AD34

secondary

#8792CC

accent

#5FE147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AD34

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

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