#C4AF41#C4AF41

#C4AF41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.130 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AF41
RGB	rgb(196, 175, 65)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 66.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.40, -5.04, 56.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.40, 57.21, 95.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% -0.0188 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.13 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.0508, 42.7792, 11.2003)
Luminance	0.4278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AF41 #4156C4

analogous

#C46D41 #C4AF41 #97C441

triadic

#C4AF41 #41C4AF #AF41C4

tetradic

#C4AF41 #41C46D #4156C4 #C44197

square

#C4AF41 #41C46D #4156C4 #C44197

split-complementary

#C4AF41 #4197C4 #6D41C4

monochromatic

#6A5E21 #98882F #C4AF41 #D3C370 #E1D69E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C4AF41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#C4AF41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AF41

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AF41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AF41	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4af41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 175, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.130 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c67b',
    500: '#c4af41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4af41;
$custom-light: #d9c67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4af41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.382,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75179,
    "c": 0.12987,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AF41

secondary

#939DCD

accent

#63DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AF41

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

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