#C4AF40#C4AF40

#C4AF40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.131 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AF40
RGB	rgb(196, 175, 64)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.40, -5.10, 57.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.40, 57.62, 95.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% -0.0191 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.131 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.0221, 42.7677, 11.0491)
Luminance	0.4277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AF40 #4055C4

analogous

#C46D40 #C4AF40 #97C440

triadic

#C4AF40 #40C4AF #AF40C4

tetradic

#C4AF40 #40C46D #4055C4 #C44097

square

#C4AF40 #40C46D #4055C4 #C44097

split-complementary

#C4AF40 #4097C4 #6D40C4

monochromatic

#695E20 #98872F #C4AF40 #D2C36F #E1D69E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C4AF40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#C4AF40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AF40

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AF40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AF40	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)

#C0AB31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4af40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 175, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.131 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c67b',
    500: '#c4af40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4af40;
$custom-light: #d9c67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4af40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.455,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75171,
    "c": 0.13061,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AF40

secondary

#939CCD

accent

#63DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AF40

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

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