#C4B33B#C4B33B

#C4B33B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.137 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B33B
RGB	rgb(196, 179, 59)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 69.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, -7.46, 60.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 60.92, 97.03°)
OKLab	oklab(75.97% -0.0264 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(75.97% 0.137 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.6762, 44.2935, 10.5964)
Luminance	0.4429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B33B #3B4CC4

analogous

#C46F3B #C4B33B #90C43B

triadic

#C4B33B #3BC4B3 #B33BC4

tetradic

#C4B33B #3BC46F #3B4CC4 #C43B90

square

#C4B33B #3BC46F #3B4CC4 #C43B90

split-complementary

#C4B33B #3B90C4 #6F3BC4

monochromatic

#665D1F #95882D #C4B33B #D2C56A #E0D799

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C4B33B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#C4B33B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B33B

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B33B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B33B	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)

#C4AE29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b33b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 179, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.137 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c978',
    500: '#c4b33b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b33b;
$custom-light: #d9c978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b33b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.555,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75974,
    "c": 0.13737,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B33B

secondary

#8F96CC

accent

#5DDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B33B

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

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