#C4AE36#C4AE36

#C4AE36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.137 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AE36
RGB	rgb(196, 174, 54)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.06, -5.09, 61.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.06, 61.25, 94.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.0202 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.137 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.5687, 42.2761, 9.6179)
Luminance	0.4227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AE36 #364CC4

analogous

#C46736 #C4AE36 #93C436

triadic

#C4AE36 #36C4AE #AE36C4

tetradic

#C4AE36 #36C467 #364CC4 #C43693

square

#C4AE36 #36C467 #364CC4 #C43693

split-complementary

#C4AE36 #3693C4 #6736C4

monochromatic

#64591C #948329 #C4AE36 #D4C363 #E1D593

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C4AE36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#C4AE36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AE36

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AE36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AE36	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)

#BFAA22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ae36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 174, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.137 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac575',
    500: '#c4ae36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ae36;
$custom-light: #dac575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ae36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.704,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74882,
    "c": 0.13662,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AE36

secondary

#8994CC

accent

#5FE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AE36

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

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