#C4AF43#C4AF43

#C4AF43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.128 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AF43
RGB	rgb(196, 175, 67)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 65.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, -4.92, 56.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 56.37, 95.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% -0.0183 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.128 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.1098, 42.8028, 11.5108)
Luminance	0.4280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AF43 #4358C4

analogous

#C46F43 #C4AF43 #98C443

triadic

#C4AF43 #43C4AF #AF43C4

tetradic

#C4AF43 #43C46F #4358C4 #C44398

square

#C4AF43 #43C46F #4358C4 #C44398

split-complementary

#C4AF43 #4398C4 #6F43C4

monochromatic

#6B5F22 #9A8830 #C4AF43 #D3C372 #E1D7A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C4AF43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#C4AF43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AF43

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AF43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AF43	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)

#BFAB36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4af43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 175, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.128 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c67c',
    500: '#c4af43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4af43;
$custom-light: #d9c67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4af43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.233,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75197,
    "c": 0.12837,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AF43

secondary

#959ECE

accent

#64DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AF43

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

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