#C4AF48#C4AF48

#C4AF48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.124 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AF48
RGB	rgb(196, 175, 72)
HSL	hsl(50, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 63.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.46, -4.61, 54.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.46, 54.22, 94.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% -0.0168 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.124 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.2663, 42.8654, 12.3352)
Luminance	0.4286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AF48 #485DC4

analogous

#C47148 #C4AF48 #9BC448

triadic

#C4AF48 #48C4AF #AF48C4

tetradic

#C4AF48 #48C471 #485DC4 #C4489B

square

#C4AF48 #48C471 #485DC4 #C4489B

split-complementary

#C4AF48 #489BC4 #7148C4

monochromatic

#6E6123 #9C8A32 #C4AF48 #D3C376 #E2D7A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C4AF48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#C4AF48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AF48

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AF48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AF48	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4af48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 175, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.124 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c67f',
    500: '#c4af48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4af48;
$custom-light: #d9c67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4af48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.839,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75245,
    "c": 0.12444,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AF48

secondary

#99A2CF

accent

#65DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AF48

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

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