#C4AE3E#C4AE3E

#C4AE3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.131 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AE3E
RGB	rgb(196, 174, 62)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 68.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, -4.68, 57.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 58.13, 94.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% -0.0182 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.131 98)
XYZ	xyz(38.7723, 42.3575, 10.6901)
Luminance	0.4236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AE3E #3E54C4

analogous

#C46B3E #C4AE3E #97C43E

triadic

#C4AE3E #3EC4AE #AE3EC4

tetradic

#C4AE3E #3EC46B #3E54C4 #C43E97

square

#C4AE3E #3EC46B #3E54C4 #C43E97

split-complementary

#C4AE3E #3E97C4 #6B3EC4

monochromatic

#685C20 #97862E #C4AE3E #D2C26D #E1D59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C4AE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#C4AE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AE3E

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AE3E	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)

#BFAA2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ae3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 174, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.131 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c579',
    500: '#c4ae3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ae3e;
$custom-light: #d9c579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ae3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.149,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74944,
    "c": 0.13127,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.42356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AE3E

secondary

#919BCD

accent

#63DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AE3E

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

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