#C4AE45#C4AE45

#C4AE45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.126 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AE45
RGB	rgb(196, 174, 69)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 64.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.17, -4.27, 55.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.17, 55.20, 94.44°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% -0.0162 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.126 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.9769, 42.4394, 11.7676)
Luminance	0.4244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AE45 #455BC4

analogous

#C46E45 #C4AE45 #9BC445

triadic

#C4AE45 #45C4AE #AE45C4

tetradic

#C4AE45 #45C46E #455BC4 #C4459B

square

#C4AE45 #45C46E #455BC4 #C4459B

split-complementary

#C4AE45 #459BC4 #6E45C4

monochromatic

#6C5F22 #9B8831 #C4AE45 #D3C273 #E1D6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C4AE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#C4AE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AE45

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AE45	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B14A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ae45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 174, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.126 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c57d',
    500: '#c4ae45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ae45;
$custom-light: #d9c57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ae45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.606,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75006,
    "c": 0.12604,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AE45

secondary

#97A0CE

accent

#65DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AE45

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

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