#C4AF3B#C4AF3B

#C4AF3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.134 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AF3B
RGB	rgb(196, 175, 59)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 69.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.36, -5.37, 59.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.36, 59.64, 95.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% -0.0205 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.134 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.8862, 42.7133, 10.3331)
Luminance	0.4271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AF3B #3B50C4

analogous

#C46B3B #C4AF3B #94C43B

triadic

#C4AF3B #3BC4AF #AF3BC4

tetradic

#C4AF3B #3BC46B #3B50C4 #C43B94

square

#C4AF3B #3BC46B #3B50C4 #C43B94

split-complementary

#C4AF3B #3B94C4 #6B3BC4

monochromatic

#665B1F #95852D #C4AF3B #D2C26A #E0D599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C4AF3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#C4AF3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AF3B

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AF3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AF3B	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)

#C0AB2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4af3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 175, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.134 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c678',
    500: '#c4af3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4af3b;
$custom-light: #d9c678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4af3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.803,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7513,
    "c": 0.13413,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AF3B

secondary

#8F98CC

accent

#61DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AF3B

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

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