#C4AD3C#C4AD3C

#C4AD3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.132 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AD3C
RGB	rgb(196, 173, 60)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 69.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.84, -4.26, 58.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.84, 58.62, 94.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.72% -0.0172 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(74.72% 0.132 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.5260, 41.9511, 10.3422)
Luminance	0.4195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AD3C #3C53C4

analogous

#C4693C #C4AD3C #97C43C

triadic

#C4AD3C #3CC4AD #AD3CC4

tetradic

#C4AD3C #3CC469 #3C53C4 #C43C97

square

#C4AD3C #3CC469 #3C53C4 #C43C97

split-complementary

#C4AD3C #3C97C4 #693CC4

monochromatic

#675A1F #96842D #C4AD3C #D2C16B #E0D59A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C4AD3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#C4AD3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AD3C

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AD3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AD3C	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)

#BEA92C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ad3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 173, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.132 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c578',
    500: '#c4ad3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ad3c;
$custom-light: #d9c578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ad3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.853,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74718,
    "c": 0.1319,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AD3C

secondary

#909ACC

accent

#64DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AD3C

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

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