#C4AE43#C4AE43

#C4AE43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.128 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AE43
RGB	rgb(196, 174, 67)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 65.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.16, -4.39, 55.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.16, 56.05, 94.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% -0.0168 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.128 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9159, 42.4150, 11.4462)
Luminance	0.4241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AE43 #4359C4

analogous

#C46E43 #C4AE43 #9AC443

triadic

#C4AE43 #43C4AE #AE43C4

tetradic

#C4AE43 #43C46E #4359C4 #C4439A

square

#C4AE43 #43C46E #4359C4 #C4439A

split-complementary

#C4AE43 #439AC4 #6E43C4

monochromatic

#6B5E22 #9A8830 #C4AE43 #D3C272 #E1D6A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C4AE43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#C4AE43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AE43

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AE43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AE43	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	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)

#BFAA36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ae43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 174, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.128 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c57c',
    500: '#c4ae43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ae43;
$custom-light: #d9c57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ae43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.767,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74988,
    "c": 0.12758,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AE43

secondary

#959FCE

accent

#65DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AE43

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

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