#c4ae5f

Color #c4ae5f

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 7.76 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-500 #f0b100 · ΔE 12.7

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Conversions

HEX

#c4ae5f

RGB

rgb(196, 174, 95)

HSL

hsl(46.9, 46.1%, 57.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(46.9, 51.5%, 76.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 51.5%, 23.1%)

LAB

lab(71.44, -2.32, 43.1)

LCH

lch(71.44, 43.16, 93.08)

OKLCH

oklch(75.3%, 0.1027, 94.19)

HWB

hwb(46.9, 37.3%, 23.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5f75c4

Analogous

#c47c5f

#c4ae5f

#a8c45f

Triadic

#c4ae5f

#5fc4ae

#ae5fc4

Split-complementary

#c4ae5f

#5fa8c4

#7c5fc4

Tetradic

#c4ae5f

#75c45f

#5f75c4

#ae5fc4

Square

#c4ae5f

#5fc47c

#5f75c4

#c45fa8

Shades

Color #c4ae5f mixed toward black.

#b19941

#8e7a34

#6a5c27

#473d1a

#231f0d

Tints

Color #c4ae5f mixed toward white.

#cebc7a

#d8c994

#e2d7af

#ebe4ca

#f5f2e4

Tones

Color #c4ae5f mixed toward gray.

#bca968

#b3a570

#aba078

#a29b81

#9a9689

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.57:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.57:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bbbb78 · ΔE 7.5

Deuteranopia

#bcbe7e · ΔE 8.5

Tritanopia

#c3888c · ΔE 32.4

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 21.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c4ae5f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c4ae5f]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Gold #ffd700

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Floral White #fffaf0

Khaki #f0e68c

Frequently asked questions

#c4ae5f (#c4ae5f) is rgb(196, 174, 95) in RGB.

No, #c4ae5f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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