#C4B33A#C4B33A

#C4B33A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.138 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B33A
RGB	rgb(196, 179, 58)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 70.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, -7.51, 60.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 61.30, 97.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.97% -0.0267 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(75.97% 0.138 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.6505, 44.2832, 10.4611)
Luminance	0.4428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B33A #3A4BC4

analogous

#C46E3A #C4B33A #90C43A

triadic

#C4B33A #3AC4B3 #B33AC4

tetradic

#C4B33A #3AC46E #3A4BC4 #C43A90

square

#C4B33A #3AC46E #3A4BC4 #C43A90

split-complementary

#C4B33A #3A90C4 #6E3AC4

monochromatic

#665D1E #95882C #C4B33A #D3C569 #E0D898

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C4B33A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#C4B33A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B33A

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B33A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B33A	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b33a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 179, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.138 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c978',
    500: '#c4b33a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b33a;
$custom-light: #d9c978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b33a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.609,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75966,
    "c": 0.13804,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B33A

secondary

#8E95CC

accent

#5CDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B33A

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

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