#C4AE35#C4AE35

#C4AE35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.137 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AE35
RGB	rgb(196, 174, 53)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.05, -5.14, 61.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.05, 61.62, 94.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.0205 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.137 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.5455, 42.2668, 9.4955)
Luminance	0.4227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AE35 #354BC4

analogous

#C46735 #C4AE35 #93C435

triadic

#C4AE35 #35C4AE #AE35C4

tetradic

#C4AE35 #35C467 #354BC4 #C43593

square

#C4AE35 #35C467 #354BC4 #C43593

split-complementary

#C4AE35 #3593C4 #6735C4

monochromatic

#64581B #948328 #C4AE35 #D4C362 #E1D592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C4AE35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#C4AE35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AE35

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AE35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AE35	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ae35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 174, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.137 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac574',
    500: '#c4ae35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ae35;
$custom-light: #dac574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ae35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74875,
    "c": 0.13724,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AE35

secondary

#8893CC

accent

#5FE147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AE35

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

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