#C4A233#C4A233

#C4A233 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.130 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A233
RGB	rgb(196, 162, 51)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 74%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, 1.14, 59.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 59.10, 88.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.0028 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.13 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2849, 37.8177, 8.5197)
Luminance	0.3781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A233 #3355C4

analogous

#C45933 #C4A233 #9DC433

triadic

#C4A233 #33C4A2 #A233C4

tetradic

#C4A233 #33C459 #3355C4 #C4339D

square

#C4A233 #33C459 #3355C4 #C4339D

split-complementary

#C4A233 #339DC4 #5933C4

monochromatic

#63521A #937A26 #C4A233 #D5BA5F #E2CF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#C4A233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#C4A233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A233

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A233	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A021

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA939

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 162, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.130 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabd72',
    500: '#c4a233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a233;
$custom-light: #dabd72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.931,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72365,
    "c": 0.13045,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A233

secondary

#8697CD

accent

#6AE246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A233

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

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