#C4A436#C4A436

#C4A436 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.130 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A436
RGB	rgb(196, 164, 54)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.43, 0.21, 58.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.43, 58.45, 89.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.0051 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.13 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.7083, 38.5552, 8.9977)
Luminance	0.3855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A436 #3656C4

analogous

#C45D36 #C4A436 #9DC436

triadic

#C4A436 #36C4A4 #A436C4

tetradic

#C4A436 #36C45D #3656C4 #C4369D

square

#C4A436 #36C45D #3656C4 #C4369D

split-complementary

#C4A436 #369DC4 #5D36C4

monochromatic

#64541C #947C29 #C4A436 #D4BB63 #E1D093

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C4A436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#C4A436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A436

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A436	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A125

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 164, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.130 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabe74',
    500: '#c4a436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a436;
$custom-light: #dabe74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.479,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72799,
    "c": 0.12975,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A436

secondary

#8999CC

accent

#6AE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A436

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

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