#C4A136#C4A136

#C4A136 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.128 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A136
RGB	rgb(196, 161, 54)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.65, 1.81, 57.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.65, 57.71, 88.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% -0.0005 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.128 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1777, 37.4941, 8.8209)
Luminance	0.3749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A136 #3659C4

analogous

#C45A36 #C4A136 #A0C436

triadic

#C4A136 #36C4A1 #A136C4

tetradic

#C4A136 #36C45A #3659C4 #C436A0

square

#C4A136 #36C45A #3659C4 #C436A0

split-complementary

#C4A136 #36A0C4 #5A36C4

monochromatic

#64521C #947A29 #C4A136 #D4B863 #E1CE93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#C4A136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#C4A136 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A136

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A136	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 161, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.128 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabc74',
    500: '#c4a136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a136;
$custom-light: #dabc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.211,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72182,
    "c": 0.12801,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A136

secondary

#899ACC

accent

#6DE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A136

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

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