#C4A433#C4A433

#C4A433 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.132 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A433
RGB	rgb(196, 164, 51)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 74%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, 0.07, 59.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 59.59, 89.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.0058 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.132 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.6400, 38.5279, 8.6381)
Luminance	0.3853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A433 #3353C4

analogous

#C45C33 #C4A433 #9BC433

triadic

#C4A433 #33C4A4 #A433C4

tetradic

#C4A433 #33C45C #3353C4 #C4339B

square

#C4A433 #33C45C #3353C4 #C4339B

split-complementary

#C4A433 #339BC4 #5C33C4

monochromatic

#63531A #937B26 #C4A433 #D5BB5F #E2D08F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C4A433 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#C4A433 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A433

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A433	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A433	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A120

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a433;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 164, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.132 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabe72',
    500: '#c4a433',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a433;
$custom-light: #dabe72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a433",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.759,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72777,
    "c": 0.13162,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A433

secondary

#8696CD

accent

#68E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A433

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

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