#C4AE4C#C4AE4C

#C4AE4C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.120 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AE4C
RGB	rgb(196, 174, 76)
HSL	hsl(49, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 61.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.24, -3.81, 51.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.24, 52.11, 94.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.08% -0.014 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(75.08% 0.12 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.2072, 42.5315, 12.9803)
Luminance	0.4253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AE4C #4C62C4

analogous

#C4724C #C4AE4C #9EC44C

triadic

#C4AE4C #4CC4AE #AE4CC4

tetradic

#C4AE4C #4CC472 #4C62C4 #C44C9E

square

#C4AE4C #4CC472 #4C62C4 #C44C9E

split-complementary

#C4AE4C #4C9EC4 #724CC4

monochromatic

#716325 #9F8B34 #C4AE4C #D3C37A #E2D8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C4AE4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#C4AE4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AE4C

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AE4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AE4C	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ae4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 174, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.120 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c582',
    500: '#c4ae4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ae4c;
$custom-light: #d9c582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ae4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49,
    "s": 50.42,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75076,
    "c": 0.12032,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AE4C

secondary

#9CA6D0

accent

#68DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AE4C

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

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