#C4AE4B#C4AE4B

#C4AE4B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.121 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AE4B
RGB	rgb(196, 174, 75)
HSL	hsl(49, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 61.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, -3.88, 52.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 52.56, 94.24°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% -0.0144 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.121 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.1727, 42.5177, 12.7986)
Luminance	0.4252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AE4B #4B61C4

analogous

#C4714B #C4AE4B #9DC44B

triadic

#C4AE4B #4BC4AE #AE4BC4

tetradic

#C4AE4B #4BC471 #4B61C4 #C44B9D

square

#C4AE4B #4BC471 #4B61C4 #C44B9D

split-complementary

#C4AE4B #4B9DC4 #714BC4

monochromatic

#706225 #9E8B34 #C4AE4B #D3C379 #E2D7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C4AE4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#C4AE4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AE4B

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AE4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AE4B	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ae4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 174, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.121 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c581',
    500: '#c4ae4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ae4b;
$custom-light: #d9c581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ae4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 50.628,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75066,
    "c": 0.12117,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AE4B

secondary

#9BA5CF

accent

#67DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AE4B

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

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