#C4AE4E#C4AE4E

#C4AE4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.119 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AE4E
RGB	rgb(196, 174, 78)
HSL	hsl(49, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 60.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.26, -3.67, 51.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.26, 51.21, 94.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.1% -0.0134 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(75.1% 0.119 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.2778, 42.5597, 13.3522)
Luminance	0.4256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AE4E #4E64C4

analogous

#C4734E #C4AE4E #9FC44E

triadic

#C4AE4E #4EC4AE #AE4EC4

tetradic

#C4AE4E #4EC473 #4E64C4 #C44E9F

square

#C4AE4E #4EC473 #4E64C4 #C44E9F

split-complementary

#C4AE4E #4E9FC4 #734EC4

monochromatic

#726426 #A08C35 #C4AE4E #D3C37C #E3D8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C4AE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#C4AE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AE4E

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AE4E	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)

#BEAA44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ae4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 174, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.119 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c583',
    500: '#c4ae4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ae4e;
$custom-light: #d9c583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ae4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.814,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75098,
    "c": 0.1186,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AE4E

secondary

#9EA7D0

accent

#68DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AE4E

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

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