#C4AD35#C4AD35

#C4AD35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.136 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AD35
RGB	rgb(196, 173, 53)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, -4.61, 61.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 61.32, 94.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% -0.019 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.136 98)
XYZ	xyz(38.3530, 41.8819, 9.4313)
Luminance	0.4188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AD35 #354CC4

analogous

#C46635 #C4AD35 #94C435

triadic

#C4AD35 #35C4AD #AD35C4

tetradic

#C4AD35 #35C466 #354CC4 #C43594

square

#C4AD35 #35C466 #354CC4 #C43594

split-complementary

#C4AD35 #3594C4 #6635C4

monochromatic

#64581B #948228 #C4AD35 #D4C262 #E1D592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C4AD35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#C4AD35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AD35

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AD35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AD35	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA921

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ad35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 173, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.136 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac574',
    500: '#c4ad35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ad35;
$custom-light: #dac574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ad35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.35,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74664,
    "c": 0.13649,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.4188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AD35

secondary

#8893CC

accent

#60E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AD35

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

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