#C4AF36#C4AF36

#C4AF36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.137 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AF36
RGB	rgb(196, 175, 54)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.33, -5.62, 61.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.33, 61.55, 95.24°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% -0.0217 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.137 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.7626, 42.6639, 9.6825)
Luminance	0.4266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AF36 #364BC4

analogous

#C46836 #C4AF36 #92C436

triadic

#C4AF36 #36C4AF #AF36C4

tetradic

#C4AF36 #36C468 #364BC4 #C43692

square

#C4AF36 #36C468 #364BC4 #C43692

split-complementary

#C4AF36 #3692C4 #6836C4

monochromatic

#64591C #948429 #C4AF36 #D4C363 #E1D693

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C4AF36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#C4AF36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AF36

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AF36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AF36	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)

#C0AA22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4af36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 175, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.137 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac675',
    500: '#c4af36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4af36;
$custom-light: #dac675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4af36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.127,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75092,
    "c": 0.1374,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AF36

secondary

#8993CC

accent

#5EE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AF36

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

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