#C4AD3D#C4AD3D

#C4AD3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.131 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AD3D
RGB	rgb(196, 173, 61)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 68.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.84, -4.21, 58.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.84, 58.22, 94.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.73% -0.0169 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(74.73% 0.131 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.5526, 41.9617, 10.4827)
Luminance	0.4196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AD3D #3D54C4

analogous

#C4693D #C4AD3D #97C43D

triadic

#C4AD3D #3DC4AD #AD3DC4

tetradic

#C4AD3D #3DC469 #3D54C4 #C43D97

square

#C4AD3D #3DC469 #3D54C4 #C43D97

split-complementary

#C4AD3D #3D97C4 #693DC4

monochromatic

#675B1F #96842E #C4AD3D #D2C16C #E1D59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C4AD3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#C4AD3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AD3D

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AD3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AD3D	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)

#BEA92E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ad3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 173, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.131 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c579',
    500: '#c4ad3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ad3d;
$custom-light: #d9c579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ad3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.778,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74726,
    "c": 0.1312,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AD3D

secondary

#909BCD

accent

#64DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AD3D

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

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