#C4AE37#C4AE37

#C4AE37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.136 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AE37
RGB	rgb(196, 174, 55)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, -5.04, 60.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 60.87, 94.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% -0.02 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.136 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.5925, 42.2856, 9.7428)
Luminance	0.4228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AE37 #374DC4

analogous

#C46837 #C4AE37 #94C437

triadic

#C4AE37 #37C4AE #AE37C4

tetradic

#C4AE37 #37C468 #374DC4 #C43794

square

#C4AE37 #37C468 #374DC4 #C43794

split-complementary

#C4AE37 #3794C4 #6837C4

monochromatic

#64591C #94842A #C4AE37 #D4C265 #E1D594

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C4AE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#C4AE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AE37

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AE37	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ae37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 174, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.136 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac576',
    500: '#c4ae37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ae37;
$custom-light: #dac576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ae37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.638,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74889,
    "c": 0.13599,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AE37

secondary

#8B95CC

accent

#60DF48

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AE37

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

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