#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
RGBrgb(196, 179, 58)
HSLhsl(53, 54%, 50%)
HSVhsv(53, 70%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 8.7%, 70.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(72.42, -7.51, 60.84)
CIE-LCHlch(72.42, 61.30, 97.04°)
OKLaboklab(75.97% -0.0267 0.1354)
OKLCHoklch(75.97% 0.138 101.1)
XYZxyz(39.6505, 44.2832, 10.4611)
Luminance0.4428 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##C4B33A1.002.139.869.86
#FFFFFF2.131.0021.0021.00
#0000009.8621.001.001.00
##0000009.8621.001.001.00

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

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#C4B33A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva