#C4AF3F#C4AF3F

#C4AF3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.131 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AF3F
RGB	rgb(196, 175, 63)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 67.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.39, -5.15, 57.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.39, 58.03, 95.09°)
OKLab	oklab(75.16% -0.0194 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(75.16% 0.131 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.9939, 42.7564, 10.9005)
Luminance	0.4275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AF3F #3F54C4

analogous

#C46C3F #C4AF3F #97C43F

triadic

#C4AF3F #3FC4AF #AF3FC4

tetradic

#C4AF3F #3FC46C #3F54C4 #C43F97

square

#C4AF3F #3FC46C #3F54C4 #C43F97

split-complementary

#C4AF3F #3F97C4 #6C3FC4

monochromatic

#685D20 #97872E #C4AF3F #D2C36E #E1D69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C4AF3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#C4AF3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AF3F

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AF3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AF3F	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)

#C0AB30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4af3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 175, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.131 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c67a',
    500: '#c4af3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4af3f;
$custom-light: #d9c67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4af3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 52.988,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75162,
    "c": 0.13133,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AF3F

secondary

#929BCD

accent

#62DC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AF3F

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

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