#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
RGBrgb(196, 164, 54)
HSLhsl(46, 57%, 49%)
HSVhsv(46, 72%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 16.3%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(68.43, 0.21, 58.45)
CIE-LCHlch(68.43, 58.45, 89.80°)
OKLaboklab(72.8% -0.0051 0.1296)
OKLCHoklch(72.8% 0.13 92.3)
XYZxyz(36.7083, 38.5552, 8.9977)
Luminance0.3855 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##C4A4361.002.418.718.71
#FFFFFF2.411.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7121.001.001.00
##0000008.7121.001.001.00

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

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#C4A436 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva