#C4AF4E#C4AF4E

#C4AF4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.119 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AF4E
RGB	rgb(196, 175, 78)
HSL	hsl(49, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 60.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.52, -4.20, 51.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.52, 51.54, 94.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% -0.0149 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.119 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.4717, 42.9475, 13.4168)
Luminance	0.4295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AF4E #4E63C4

analogous

#C4744E #C4AF4E #9EC44E

triadic

#C4AF4E #4EC4AF #AF4EC4

tetradic

#C4AF4E #4EC474 #4E63C4 #C44E9E

square

#C4AF4E #4EC474 #4E63C4 #C44E9E

split-complementary

#C4AF4E #4E9EC4 #744EC4

monochromatic

#726426 #A08D35 #C4AF4E #D3C47C #E3D8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C4AF4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#C4AF4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AF4E

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AF4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AF4E	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4af4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 175, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.119 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c683',
    500: '#c4af4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4af4e;
$custom-light: #d9c683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4af4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.322,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75307,
    "c": 0.11942,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AF4E

secondary

#9EA7D0

accent

#67DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AF4E

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

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