#C4AF44#C4AF44

#C4AF44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.128 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AF44
RGB	rgb(196, 175, 68)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 65.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.43, -4.86, 55.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.43, 55.95, 94.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.018 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.128 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.1400, 42.8149, 11.6702)
Luminance	0.4281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AF44 #4459C4

analogous

#C46F44 #C4AF44 #99C444

triadic

#C4AF44 #44C4AF #AF44C4

tetradic

#C4AF44 #44C46F #4459C4 #C44499

square

#C4AF44 #44C46F #4459C4 #C44499

split-complementary

#C4AF44 #4499C4 #6F44C4

monochromatic

#6C6022 #9A8931 #C4AF44 #D3C373 #E1D7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C4AF44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#C4AF44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AF44

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AF44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AF44	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)

#BFAB37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4af44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 175, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.128 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c67d',
    500: '#c4af44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4af44;
$custom-light: #d9c67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4af44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.156,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75206,
    "c": 0.12761,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AF44

secondary

#969FCE

accent

#64DB4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AF44

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

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