#C4AD3F#C4AD3F

#C4AD3F 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 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AD3F
RGB	rgb(196, 173, 63)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 67.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, -4.10, 57.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 57.41, 94.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.0164 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.13 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.6075, 41.9837, 10.7717)
Luminance	0.4198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AD3F #3F56C4

analogous

#C46A3F #C4AD3F #98C43F

triadic

#C4AD3F #3FC4AD #AD3FC4

tetradic

#C4AD3F #3FC46A #3F56C4 #C43F98

square

#C4AD3F #3FC46A #3F56C4 #C43F98

split-complementary

#C4AD3F #3F98C4 #6A3FC4

monochromatic

#685C20 #97852E #C4AD3F #D2C16E #E1D59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C4AD3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#C4AD3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AD3F

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AD3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AD3F	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ad3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 173, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.130 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c57a',
    500: '#c4ad3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ad3f;
$custom-light: #d9c57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ad3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.624,
    "s": 52.988,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74743,
    "c": 0.12977,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AD3F

secondary

#929CCD

accent

#64DC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AD3F

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

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