#C4B733#C4B733

#C4B733 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.146 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B733
RGB	rgb(196, 183, 51)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 74%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.44, -9.91, 64.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.44, 65.17, 98.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.77% -0.0342 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(76.77% 0.146 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.2978, 45.8434, 9.8573)
Luminance	0.4584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B733 #3340C4

analogous

#C46F33 #C4B733 #88C433

triadic

#C4B733 #33C4B7 #B733C4

tetradic

#C4B733 #33C46F #3340C4 #C43388

square

#C4B733 #33C46F #3340C4 #C43388

split-complementary

#C4B733 #3388C4 #6F33C4

monochromatic

#635C1A #938A26 #C4B733 #D5CB5F #E2DB8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C4B733 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#C4B733 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B733

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B733	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B733	1.00	2.07	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B119

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB73C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b733;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 183, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.146 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacc74',
    500: '#c4b733',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b733;
$custom-light: #dacc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b733",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.621,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76768,
    "c": 0.14577,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B733

secondary

#868DCD

accent

#54E246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B733

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

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