#C4AE3A#C4AE3A

#C4AE3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.134 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AE3A
RGB	rgb(196, 174, 58)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 70.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.09, -4.89, 59.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.09, 59.72, 94.70°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.0192 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.134 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.6666, 42.3152, 10.1331)
Luminance	0.4231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AE3A #3A50C4

analogous

#C4693A #C4AE3A #95C43A

triadic

#C4AE3A #3AC4AE #AE3AC4

tetradic

#C4AE3A #3AC469 #3A50C4 #C43A95

square

#C4AE3A #3AC469 #3A50C4 #C43A95

split-complementary

#C4AE3A #3A95C4 #693AC4

monochromatic

#665A1E #95842C #C4AE3A #D3C269 #E0D598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C4AE3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#C4AE3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AE3A

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AE3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AE3A	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)

#BFAA29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ae3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 174, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.134 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac577',
    500: '#c4ae3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ae3a;
$custom-light: #dac577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ae3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.435,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74911,
    "c": 0.13403,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AE3A

secondary

#8E98CC

accent

#62DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AE3A

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

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