#C4A033#C4A033

#C4A033 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.129 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A033
RGB	rgb(196, 160, 51)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 74%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.37, 2.21, 58.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.37, 58.62, 87.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% 0.0003 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.129 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.9354, 37.1187, 8.4032)
Luminance	0.3712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A033 #3357C4

analogous

#C45733 #C4A033 #9FC433

triadic

#C4A033 #33C4A0 #A033C4

tetradic

#C4A033 #33C457 #3357C4 #C4339F

square

#C4A033 #33C457 #3357C4 #C4339F

split-complementary

#C4A033 #339FC4 #5733C4

monochromatic

#63511A #937826 #C4A033 #D5B85F #E2CD8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#C4A033 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#C4A033 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A033

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A033	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A033	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA839

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a033;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 160, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.129 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabb72',
    500: '#c4a033',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a033;
$custom-light: #dabb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a033",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.103,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71955,
    "c": 0.12934,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A033

secondary

#8698CD

accent

#6DE246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A033

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

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