#C4A933#C4A933

#C4A933 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.135 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A933
RGB	rgb(196, 169, 51)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 74%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, -2.59, 60.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 60.91, 92.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% -0.0134 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.135 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.5524, 40.3528, 8.9422)
Luminance	0.4035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A933 #334EC4

analogous

#C46133 #C4A933 #96C433

triadic

#C4A933 #33C4A9 #A933C4

tetradic

#C4A933 #33C461 #334EC4 #C43396

square

#C4A933 #33C461 #334EC4 #C43396

split-complementary

#C4A933 #3396C4 #6133C4

monochromatic

#63551A #937F26 #C4A933 #D5BF5F #E2D38F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C4A933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#C4A933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A933

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A933	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA51F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 169, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.135 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac273',
    500: '#c4a933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a933;
$custom-light: #dac273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.828,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73814,
    "c": 0.13485,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A933

secondary

#8693CD

accent

#63E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A933

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

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