#C4AE3B#C4AE3B

#C4AE3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.133 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AE3B
RGB	rgb(196, 174, 59)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 69.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.09, -4.84, 59.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.09, 59.33, 94.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% -0.019 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.133 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.6922, 42.3255, 10.2684)
Luminance	0.4232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AE3B #3B51C4

analogous

#C46A3B #C4AE3B #95C43B

triadic

#C4AE3B #3BC4AE #AE3BC4

tetradic

#C4AE3B #3BC46A #3B51C4 #C43B95

square

#C4AE3B #3BC46A #3B51C4 #C43B95

split-complementary

#C4AE3B #3B95C4 #6A3BC4

monochromatic

#665A1F #95842D #C4AE3B #D2C16A #E0D599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C4AE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#C4AE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AE3B

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AE3B	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)

#BFAA2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ae3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 174, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.133 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c578',
    500: '#c4ae3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ae3b;
$custom-light: #d9c578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ae3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.365,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74919,
    "c": 0.13335,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AE3B

secondary

#8F99CC

accent

#62DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AE3B

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

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