#C4AD3E#C4AD3E

#C4AD3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.130 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AD3E
RGB	rgb(196, 173, 62)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 68.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.85, -4.16, 57.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.85, 57.81, 94.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.73% -0.0167 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(74.73% 0.13 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.5798, 41.9726, 10.6259)
Luminance	0.4197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AD3E #3E55C4

analogous

#C46A3E #C4AD3E #98C43E

triadic

#C4AD3E #3EC4AD #AD3EC4

tetradic

#C4AD3E #3EC46A #3E55C4 #C43E98

square

#C4AD3E #3EC46A #3E55C4 #C43E98

split-complementary

#C4AD3E #3E98C4 #6A3EC4

monochromatic

#685B20 #97852E #C4AD3E #D2C16D #E1D59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C4AD3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#C4AD3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AD3E

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AD3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AD3E	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)

#BEA92F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ad3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 173, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.130 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c579',
    500: '#c4ad3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ad3e;
$custom-light: #d9c579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ad3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.701,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74734,
    "c": 0.13049,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AD3E

secondary

#919BCD

accent

#64DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AD3E

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

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