#C4AD3A#C4AD3A

#C4AD3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.133 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C4AD3A
RGBrgb(196, 173, 58)
HSLhsl(50, 54%, 50%)
HSVhsv(50, 70%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 11.7%, 70.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(70.82, -4.37, 59.25)
CIE-LCHlch(70.82, 59.41, 94.22°)
OKLaboklab(74.7% -0.0177 0.1321)
OKLCHoklch(74.7% 0.133 97.6)
XYZxyz(38.4741, 41.9303, 10.0690)
Luminance0.4193 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C4AD3A #3A51C4
analogous
#C4683A #C4AD3A #96C43A
triadic
#C4AD3A #3AC4AD #AD3AC4
tetradic
#C4AD3A #3AC468 #3A51C4 #C43A96
square
#C4AD3A #3AC468 #3A51C4 #C43A96
split-complementary
#C4AD3A #3A96C4 #683AC4
monochromatic
#665A1E #95832C #C4AD3A #D3C169 #E0D498

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24
#C4AD3A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39
#C4AD3A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AD3A
9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C4AD3A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C4AD3A1.002.249.399.39
#FFFFFF2.241.0021.0021.00
#0000009.3921.001.001.00
##0000009.3921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BEA929
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C4B141
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D3A096
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c4ad3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 173, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.133 97.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac577',
    500: '#c4ad3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c4ad3a;
$custom-light: #dac577;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c4ad3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74702,
    "c": 0.13327,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C4AD3A
secondary
#8E98CC
accent
#63DE4A
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FBF8ED
border
#D4D1C8
text
#151209
muted
#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AD3A

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

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#C4AD3A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva