#C4AE3D#C4AE3D

#C4AE3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.132 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AE3D
RGB	rgb(196, 174, 61)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 68.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, -4.74, 58.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 58.53, 94.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% -0.0184 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.132 98)
XYZ	xyz(38.7451, 42.3467, 10.5469)
Luminance	0.4234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AE3D #3D53C4

analogous

#C46A3D #C4AE3D #97C43D

triadic

#C4AE3D #3DC4AE #AE3DC4

tetradic

#C4AE3D #3DC46A #3D53C4 #C43D97

square

#C4AE3D #3DC46A #3D53C4 #C43D97

split-complementary

#C4AE3D #3D97C4 #6A3DC4

monochromatic

#675C1F #96852E #C4AE3D #D2C26C #E1D59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C4AE3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#C4AE3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AE3D

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AE3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AE3D	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)

#BFAA2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ae3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 174, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.132 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c579',
    500: '#c4ae3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ae3d;
$custom-light: #d9c579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ae3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.222,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74935,
    "c": 0.13197,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.42345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AE3D

secondary

#909ACD

accent

#63DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AE3D

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

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