#C4AD38#C4AD38

#C4AD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.135 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AD38
RGB	rgb(196, 173, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, -4.47, 60.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 60.19, 94.26°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.0182 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.135 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.4242, 41.9104, 9.8062)
Luminance	0.4191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AD38 #384FC4

analogous

#C46738 #C4AD38 #95C438

triadic

#C4AD38 #38C4AD #AD38C4

tetradic

#C4AD38 #38C467 #384FC4 #C43895

square

#C4AD38 #38C467 #384FC4 #C43895

split-complementary

#C4AD38 #3895C4 #6738C4

monochromatic

#65591D #94832A #C4AD38 #D3C166 #E1D496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C4AD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#C4AD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AD38

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AD38	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)

#BEA926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ad38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 173, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.135 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac576',
    500: '#c4ad38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ad38;
$custom-light: #dac576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ad38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.143,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74686,
    "c": 0.13459,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AD38

secondary

#8C96CC

accent

#62DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AD38

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

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