#C4AE39#C4AE39

#C4AE39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.135 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AE39
RGB	rgb(196, 174, 57)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 70.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.08, -4.95, 59.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.08, 60.11, 94.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% -0.0195 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.135 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.6414, 42.3052, 10.0005)
Luminance	0.4230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AE39 #394FC4

analogous

#C46939 #C4AE39 #94C439

triadic

#C4AE39 #39C4AE #AE39C4

tetradic

#C4AE39 #39C469 #394FC4 #C43994

square

#C4AE39 #39C469 #394FC4 #C43994

split-complementary

#C4AE39 #3994C4 #6939C4

monochromatic

#655A1D #95842B #C4AE39 #D3C267 #E1D597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C4AE39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#C4AE39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AE39

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AE39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AE39	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)

#BFAA27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ae39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 174, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.135 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac577',
    500: '#c4ae39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ae39;
$custom-light: #dac577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ae39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.504,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74904,
    "c": 0.13469,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AE39

secondary

#8D97CC

accent

#61DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AE39

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

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