#C4A733#C4A733

#C4A733 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.134 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A733
RGB	rgb(196, 167, 51)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 74%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, -1.53, 60.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 60.37, 91.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% -0.0104 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.134 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.1832, 39.6143, 8.8191)
Luminance	0.3961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A733 #3350C4

analogous

#C45E33 #C4A733 #98C433

triadic

#C4A733 #33C4A7 #A733C4

tetradic

#C4A733 #33C45E #3350C4 #C43398

square

#C4A733 #33C45E #3350C4 #C43398

split-complementary

#C4A733 #3398C4 #5E33C4

monochromatic

#63541A #937E26 #C4A733 #D5BE5F #E2D18F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C4A733 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#C4A733 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A733

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A733	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A733	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A420

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a733;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 167, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.134 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac073',
    500: '#c4a733',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a733;
$custom-light: #dac073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a733",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73398,
    "c": 0.13351,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A733

secondary

#8694CD

accent

#65E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A733

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

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