#C4A33E#C4A33E

#C4A33E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.124 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A33E
RGB	rgb(196, 163, 62)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 68.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.23, 1.16, 54.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.23, 54.96, 88.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% -0.0014 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.124 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7336, 38.2801, 10.0105)
Luminance	0.3828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A33E #3E5FC4

analogous

#C4603E #C4A33E #A2C43E

triadic

#C4A33E #3EC4A3 #A33EC4

tetradic

#C4A33E #3EC460 #3E5FC4 #C43EA2

square

#C4A33E #3EC460 #3E5FC4 #C43EA2

split-complementary

#C4A33E #3EA2C4 #603EC4

monochromatic

#685620 #977D2E #C4A33E #D2B96D #E1D09C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#C4A33E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#C4A33E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A33E

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A33E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A33E	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A131

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a33e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 163, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.124 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabd78',
    500: '#c4a33e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a33e;
$custom-light: #dabd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a33e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.224,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72659,
    "c": 0.12369,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A33E

secondary

#91A0CD

accent

#6FDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A33E

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

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