#C4AF39#C4AF39

#C4AF39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.135 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AF39
RGB	rgb(196, 175, 57)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 70.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.35, -5.47, 60.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.35, 60.41, 95.19°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% -0.021 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.135 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.8353, 42.6930, 10.0651)
Luminance	0.4269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AF39 #394EC4

analogous

#C46939 #C4AF39 #94C439

triadic

#C4AF39 #39C4AF #AF39C4

tetradic

#C4AF39 #39C469 #394EC4 #C43994

square

#C4AF39 #39C469 #394EC4 #C43994

split-complementary

#C4AF39 #3994C4 #6939C4

monochromatic

#655A1D #95852B #C4AF39 #D3C367 #E1D697

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C4AF39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#C4AF39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AF39

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AF39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AF39	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)

#C0AA27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4af39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 175, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.135 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac677',
    500: '#c4af39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4af39;
$custom-light: #dac677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4af39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.935,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75114,
    "c": 0.13546,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AF39

secondary

#8D96CC

accent

#60DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AF39

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

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