#C4AD41#C4AD41

#C4AD41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.128 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AD41
RGB	rgb(196, 173, 65)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 66.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, -3.99, 56.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 56.58, 94.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% -0.0158 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.128 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.6644, 42.0065, 11.0715)
Luminance	0.4200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AD41 #4158C4

analogous

#C46B41 #C4AD41 #99C441

triadic

#C4AD41 #41C4AD #AD41C4

tetradic

#C4AD41 #41C46B #4158C4 #C44199

square

#C4AD41 #41C46B #4158C4 #C44199

split-complementary

#C4AD41 #4199C4 #6B41C4

monochromatic

#6A5D21 #98862F #C4AD41 #D3C170 #E1D59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C4AD41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#C4AD41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AD41

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AD41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AD41	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)

#BEA933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ad41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 173, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.128 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c57b',
    500: '#c4ad41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ad41;
$custom-light: #d9c57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ad41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.466,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7476,
    "c": 0.1283,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AD41

secondary

#939ECD

accent

#65DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AD41

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

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