#C4AE41#C4AE41

#C4AE41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.129 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AE41
RGB	rgb(196, 174, 65)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 66.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, -4.51, 56.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 56.89, 94.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% -0.0173 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.129 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.8569, 42.3914, 11.1356)
Luminance	0.4239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AE41 #4157C4

analogous

#C46C41 #C4AE41 #98C441

triadic

#C4AE41 #41C4AE #AE41C4

tetradic

#C4AE41 #41C46C #4157C4 #C44198

square

#C4AE41 #41C46C #4157C4 #C44198

split-complementary

#C4AE41 #4198C4 #6C41C4

monochromatic

#6A5E21 #98872F #C4AE41 #D3C270 #E1D69E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C4AE41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#C4AE41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AE41

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AE41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AE41	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)

#BFAA33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ae41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 174, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.129 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c57b',
    500: '#c4ae41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ae41;
$custom-light: #d9c57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ae41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.924,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7497,
    "c": 0.12908,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AE41

secondary

#939DCD

accent

#64DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AE41

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

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