#C4AF3E#C4AF3E

#C4AF3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.132 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AF3E
RGB	rgb(196, 175, 62)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 68.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.38, -5.21, 58.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.38, 58.44, 95.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% -0.0197 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.132 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9662, 42.7454, 10.7547)
Luminance	0.4274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AF3E #3E53C4

analogous

#C46C3E #C4AF3E #96C43E

triadic

#C4AF3E #3EC4AF #AF3EC4

tetradic

#C4AF3E #3EC46C #3E53C4 #C43E96

square

#C4AF3E #3EC46C #3E53C4 #C43E96

split-complementary

#C4AF3E #3E96C4 #6C3EC4

monochromatic

#685D20 #97862E #C4AF3E #D2C26D #E1D69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C4AF3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#C4AF3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AF3E

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AF3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AF3E	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4af3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 175, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.132 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c679',
    500: '#c4af3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4af3e;
$custom-light: #d9c679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4af3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.597,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75154,
    "c": 0.13204,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AF3E

secondary

#919ACD

accent

#62DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AF3E

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

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