#C4AE40#C4AE40

#C4AE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.130 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AE40
RGB	rgb(196, 174, 64)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.13, -4.57, 57.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.13, 57.31, 94.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.96% -0.0176 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(74.96% 0.13 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.8282, 42.3799, 10.9844)
Luminance	0.4238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AE40 #4056C4

analogous

#C46C40 #C4AE40 #98C440

triadic

#C4AE40 #40C4AE #AE40C4

tetradic

#C4AE40 #40C46C #4056C4 #C44098

square

#C4AE40 #40C46C #4056C4 #C44098

split-complementary

#C4AE40 #4098C4 #6C40C4

monochromatic

#695D20 #98862F #C4AE40 #D2C26F #E1D69E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C4AE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#C4AE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AE40

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AE40	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ae40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 174, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.130 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c57b',
    500: '#c4ae40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ae40;
$custom-light: #d9c57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ae40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74961,
    "c": 0.12982,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AE40

secondary

#939CCD

accent

#64DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AE40

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

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