#C4AD4E#C4AD4E

#C4AD4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.118 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AD4E
RGB	rgb(196, 173, 78)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 60.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, -3.15, 50.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 50.88, 93.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% -0.0119 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.118 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.0853, 42.1748, 13.2880)
Luminance	0.4217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AD4E #4E65C4

analogous

#C4724E #C4AD4E #A0C44E

triadic

#C4AD4E #4EC4AD #AD4EC4

tetradic

#C4AD4E #4EC472 #4E65C4 #C44EA0

square

#C4AD4E #4EC472 #4E65C4 #C44EA0

split-complementary

#C4AD4E #4EA0C4 #724EC4

monochromatic

#726326 #A08B35 #C4AD4E #D3C27C #E3D8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C4AD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#C4AD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AD4E

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AD4E	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ad4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 173, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.118 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c583',
    500: '#c4ad4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ad4e;
$custom-light: #d9c583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ad4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.305,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74889,
    "c": 0.11781,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AD4E

secondary

#9EA8D0

accent

#69DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AD4E

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

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