#C4A833#C4A833

#C4A833 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.134 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A833
RGB	rgb(196, 168, 51)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 74%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, -2.06, 60.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 60.64, 91.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% -0.0119 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.134 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.3671, 39.9821, 8.8804)
Luminance	0.3998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A833 #334FC4

analogous

#C45F33 #C4A833 #97C433

triadic

#C4A833 #33C4A8 #A833C4

tetradic

#C4A833 #33C45F #334FC4 #C43397

square

#C4A833 #33C45F #334FC4 #C43397

split-complementary

#C4A833 #3397C4 #5F33C4

monochromatic

#63551A #937E26 #C4A833 #D5BE5F #E2D28F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C4A833 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#C4A833 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A833

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A833	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A833	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA51F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a833;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 168, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.134 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac173',
    500: '#c4a833',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a833;
$custom-light: #dac173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a833",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.414,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73606,
    "c": 0.13417,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A833

secondary

#8694CD

accent

#64E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A833

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

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