#C4AF3C#C4AF3C

#C4AF3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.133 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AF3C
RGB	rgb(196, 175, 60)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 69.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.37, -5.32, 59.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.37, 59.24, 95.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% -0.0202 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.133 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.9123, 42.7238, 10.4710)
Luminance	0.4272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AF3C #3C51C4

analogous

#C46B3C #C4AF3C #95C43C

triadic

#C4AF3C #3CC4AF #AF3CC4

tetradic

#C4AF3C #3CC46B #3C51C4 #C43C95

square

#C4AF3C #3CC46B #3C51C4 #C43C95

split-complementary

#C4AF3C #3C95C4 #6B3CC4

monochromatic

#675C1F #96852D #C4AF3C #D2C26B #E0D69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C4AF3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#C4AF3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AF3C

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AF3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AF3C	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)

#C0AB2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4af3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 175, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.133 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c678',
    500: '#c4af3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4af3c;
$custom-light: #d9c678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4af3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.735,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75137,
    "c": 0.13345,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AF3C

secondary

#9099CC

accent

#61DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AF3C

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

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