#C4AE38#C4AE38

#C4AE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.135 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AE38
RGB	rgb(196, 174, 56)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, -4.99, 60.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 60.49, 94.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% -0.0197 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.135 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.6167, 42.2953, 9.8704)
Luminance	0.4229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AE38 #384EC4

analogous

#C46838 #C4AE38 #94C438

triadic

#C4AE38 #38C4AE #AE38C4

tetradic

#C4AE38 #38C468 #384EC4 #C43894

square

#C4AE38 #38C468 #384EC4 #C43894

split-complementary

#C4AE38 #3894C4 #6838C4

monochromatic

#65591D #94842A #C4AE38 #D3C266 #E1D596

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C4AE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#C4AE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AE38

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AE38	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)

#BFAA26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ae38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 174, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.135 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac576',
    500: '#c4ae38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ae38;
$custom-light: #dac576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ae38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.571,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74896,
    "c": 0.13535,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AE38

secondary

#8C96CC

accent

#60DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AE38

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

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