#C4B33C#C4B33C

#C4B33C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.137 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C4B33C
RGBrgb(196, 179, 60)
HSLhsl(53, 54%, 50%)
HSVhsv(53, 69%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 8.7%, 69.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(72.43, -7.41, 60.08)
CIE-LCHlch(72.43, 60.53, 97.03°)
OKLaboklab(75.98% -0.0261 0.1342)
OKLCHoklch(75.98% 0.137 101)
XYZxyz(39.7024, 44.3040, 10.7343)
Luminance0.4430 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C4B33C #3C4DC4
analogous
#C46F3C #C4B33C #91C43C
triadic
#C4B33C #3CC4B3 #B33CC4
tetradic
#C4B33C #3CC46F #3C4DC4 #C43C91
square
#C4B33C #3CC46F #3C4DC4 #C43C91
split-complementary
#C4B33C #3C91C4 #6F3CC4
monochromatic
#675E1F #96892D #C4B33C #D2C56B #E0D89A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13
#C4B33C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86
#C4B33C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B33C
9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C4B33C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C4B33C1.002.139.869.86
#FFFFFF2.131.0021.0021.00
#0000009.8621.001.001.00
##0000009.8621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C4AE2B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C8B543
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D3A69B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c4b33c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 179, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.137 101.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c979',
    500: '#c4b33c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c4b33c;
$custom-light: #d9c979;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c4b33c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75982,
    "c": 0.13669,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.44302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C4B33C
secondary
#9097CC
accent
#5DDD4B
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FBF8EE
border
#D4D1C9
text
#151309
muted
#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B33C

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →

#C4B33C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva