#C4AF35#C4AF35

#C4AF35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.138 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AF35
RGB	rgb(196, 175, 53)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, -5.66, 61.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 61.92, 95.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% -0.0219 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.138 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7394, 42.6546, 9.5601)
Luminance	0.4265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AF35 #354AC4

analogous

#C46835 #C4AF35 #92C435

triadic

#C4AF35 #35C4AF #AF35C4

tetradic

#C4AF35 #35C468 #354AC4 #C43592

square

#C4AF35 #35C468 #354AC4 #C43592

split-complementary

#C4AF35 #3592C4 #6835C4

monochromatic

#64591B #948428 #C4AF35 #D4C462 #E1D692

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C4AF35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#C4AF35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AF35

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AF35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AF35	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4af35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 175, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.138 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac675',
    500: '#c4af35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4af35;
$custom-light: #dac675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4af35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.189,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75085,
    "c": 0.13802,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AF35

secondary

#8892CC

accent

#5EE147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AF35

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

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