#C4AE3C#C4AE3C

#C4AE3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.133 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AE3C
RGB	rgb(196, 174, 60)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 69.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.10, -4.79, 58.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.10, 58.93, 94.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% -0.0187 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.133 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.7184, 42.3360, 10.4063)
Luminance	0.4233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AE3C #3C52C4

analogous

#C46A3C #C4AE3C #96C43C

triadic

#C4AE3C #3CC4AE #AE3CC4

tetradic

#C4AE3C #3CC46A #3C52C4 #C43C96

square

#C4AE3C #3CC46A #3C52C4 #C43C96

split-complementary

#C4AE3C #3C96C4 #6A3CC4

monochromatic

#675B1F #96852D #C4AE3C #D2C26B #E0D59A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C4AE3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#C4AE3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AE3C

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AE3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AE3C	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ae3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 174, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.133 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c578',
    500: '#c4ae3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ae3c;
$custom-light: #d9c578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ae3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.294,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74927,
    "c": 0.13267,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AE3C

secondary

#9099CC

accent

#62DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AE3C

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

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