#c4af57

Color #c4af57

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 9.69 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-500 #f0b100 · ΔE 12.3

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Conversions

HEX

#c4af57

RGB

rgb(196, 175, 87)

HSL

hsl(48.4, 48%, 55.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(48.4, 55.6%, 76.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 55.6%, 23.1%)

LAB

lab(71.61, -3.52, 47.23)

LCH

lch(71.61, 47.36, 94.26)

OKLCH

oklch(75.4%, 0.1112, 96.14)

HWB

hwb(48.4, 34.1%, 23.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#576cc4

Analogous

#c47857

#c4af57

#a3c457

Triadic

#c4af57

#57c4af

#af57c4

Split-complementary

#c4af57

#57a3c4

#7857c4

Tetradic

#c4af57

#6cc457

#576cc4

#af57c4

Square

#c4af57

#57c478

#576cc4

#c457a3

Shades

Color #c4af57 mixed toward black.

#af993d

#8c7a31

#695c25

#463d19

#231f0c

Tints

Color #c4af57 mixed toward white.

#cebc73

#d8ca8f

#e1d7ab

#ebe4c7

#f5f2e3

Tones

Color #c4af57 mixed toward gray.

#bba960

#b2a469

#a99e72

#a0997b

#979384

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.62:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.62:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bbbb74 · ΔE 7.4

Deuteranopia

#bcbe7a · ΔE 8.4

Tritanopia

#c3868a · ΔE 34.3

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 22.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c4af57;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c4af57]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Gold #ffd700

Goldenrod #daa520

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Frequently asked questions

#c4af57 (#c4af57) is rgb(196, 175, 87) in RGB.

No, #c4af57 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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