#C4AF37#C4AF37

#C4AF37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.137 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AF37
RGB	rgb(196, 175, 55)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.33, -5.57, 60.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.33, 61.17, 95.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.1% -0.0215 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(75.1% 0.137 99)
XYZ	xyz(38.7864, 42.6734, 9.8075)
Luminance	0.4267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AF37 #374CC4

analogous

#C46937 #C4AF37 #93C437

triadic

#C4AF37 #37C4AF #AF37C4

tetradic

#C4AF37 #37C469 #374CC4 #C43793

square

#C4AF37 #37C469 #374CC4 #C43793

split-complementary

#C4AF37 #3793C4 #6937C4

monochromatic

#645A1C #94842A #C4AF37 #D4C365 #E1D694

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C4AF37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#C4AF37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AF37

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AF37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AF37	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)

#C0AA24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4af37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 175, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.137 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac676',
    500: '#c4af37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4af37;
$custom-light: #dac676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4af37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.064,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75099,
    "c": 0.13676,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.42672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AF37

secondary

#8B94CC

accent

#5FDF48

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AF37

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

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