#C4B33E#C4B33E

#C4B33E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.135 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B33E
RGB	rgb(196, 179, 62)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 68.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.45, -7.30, 59.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.45, 59.74, 97.02°)
OKLab	oklab(76% -0.0256 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(76% 0.135 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.7563, 44.3255, 11.0180)
Luminance	0.4432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B33E #3E4FC4

analogous

#C4703E #C4B33E #92C43E

triadic

#C4B33E #3EC4B3 #B33EC4

tetradic

#C4B33E #3EC470 #3E4FC4 #C43E92

square

#C4B33E #3EC470 #3E4FC4 #C43E92

split-complementary

#C4B33E #3E92C4 #703EC4

monochromatic

#685F20 #97892E #C4B33E #D2C56D #E1D89C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C4B33E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#C4B33E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B33E

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B33E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B33E	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)

#C3AE2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b33e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 179, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.135 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c97a',
    500: '#c4b33e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b33e;
$custom-light: #d9c97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b33e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.388,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75997,
    "c": 0.13531,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B33E

secondary

#9199CD

accent

#5EDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B33E

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

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