#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
RGB	rgb(196, 173, 58)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 70.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, -4.37, 59.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 59.41, 94.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.7% -0.0177 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(74.7% 0.133 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.4741, 41.9303, 10.0690)
Luminance	0.4193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##C4AD3A	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

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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