#C4A33C#C4A33C

#C4A33C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.125 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A33C
RGB	rgb(196, 163, 60)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 69.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, 1.05, 55.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 55.79, 88.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.002 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.125 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.6797, 38.2586, 9.7268)
Luminance	0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A33C #3C5DC4

analogous

#C45F3C #C4A33C #A1C43C

triadic

#C4A33C #3CC4A3 #A33CC4

tetradic

#C4A33C #3CC45F #3C5DC4 #C43CA1

square

#C4A33C #3CC45F #3C5DC4 #C43CA1

split-complementary

#C4A33C #3CA1C4 #5F3CC4

monochromatic

#67551F #967C2D #C4A33C #D2B96B #E0CF9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#C4A33C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#C4A33C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A33C

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A33C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A33C	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A12E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a33c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 163, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.125 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabd77',
    500: '#c4a33c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a33c;
$custom-light: #dabd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a33c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.441,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72641,
    "c": 0.12512,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A33C

secondary

#909ECC

accent

#6EDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A33C

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

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