#C4A533#C4A533

#C4A533 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.132 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A533
RGB	rgb(196, 165, 51)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 74%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, -0.47, 59.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 59.85, 90.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% -0.0074 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.132 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.8196, 38.8872, 8.6980)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A533 #3352C4

analogous

#C45C33 #C4A533 #9AC433

triadic

#C4A533 #33C4A5 #A533C4

tetradic

#C4A533 #33C45C #3352C4 #C4339A

square

#C4A533 #33C45C #3352C4 #C4339A

split-complementary

#C4A533 #339AC4 #5C33C4

monochromatic

#63531A #937C26 #C4A533 #D5BC5F #E2D08F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C4A533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#C4A533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A533

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A533	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A220

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 165, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.132 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabf72',
    500: '#c4a533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a533;
$custom-light: #dabf72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.172,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72983,
    "c": 0.13224,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A533

secondary

#8695CD

accent

#67E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A533

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

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