#C4AF38#C4AF38

#C4AF38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.136 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AF38
RGB	rgb(196, 175, 56)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, -5.52, 60.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 60.80, 95.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% -0.0212 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.136 99)
XYZ	xyz(38.8106, 42.6831, 9.9350)
Luminance	0.4268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AF38 #384DC4

analogous

#C46938 #C4AF38 #93C438

triadic

#C4AF38 #38C4AF #AF38C4

tetradic

#C4AF38 #38C469 #384DC4 #C43893

square

#C4AF38 #38C469 #384DC4 #C43893

split-complementary

#C4AF38 #3893C4 #6938C4

monochromatic

#655A1D #94852A #C4AF38 #D3C366 #E1D696

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C4AF38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#C4AF38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AF38

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AF38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AF38	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4af38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 175, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.136 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac676',
    500: '#c4af38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4af38;
$custom-light: #dac676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4af38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75107,
    "c": 0.13612,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.42681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AF38

secondary

#8C95CC

accent

#5FDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AF38

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

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