#C4A336#C4A336

#C4A336 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.129 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A336
RGB	rgb(196, 163, 54)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, 0.74, 58.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 58.20, 89.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% -0.0036 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.129 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5300, 38.1987, 8.9383)
Luminance	0.3820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A336 #3657C4

analogous

#C45C36 #C4A336 #9EC436

triadic

#C4A336 #36C4A3 #A336C4

tetradic

#C4A336 #36C45C #3657C4 #C4369E

square

#C4A336 #36C45C #3657C4 #C4369E

split-complementary

#C4A336 #369EC4 #5C36C4

monochromatic

#64531C #947B29 #C4A336 #D4BA63 #E1CF93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#C4A336 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#C4A336 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A336

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A336	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A336	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A126

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a336;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 163, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.129 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabd74',
    500: '#c4a336',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a336;
$custom-light: #dabd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a336",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.056,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72593,
    "c": 0.12915,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A336

secondary

#8999CC

accent

#6BE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A336

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

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