#C4A736#C4A736

#C4A736 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.132 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A736
RGB	rgb(196, 167, 54)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, -1.39, 59.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 59.24, 91.35°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% -0.0097 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.132 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.2515, 39.6416, 9.1788)
Luminance	0.3964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A736 #3653C4

analogous

#C46036 #C4A736 #9AC436

triadic

#C4A736 #36C4A7 #A736C4

tetradic

#C4A736 #36C460 #3653C4 #C4369A

square

#C4A736 #36C460 #3653C4 #C4369A

split-complementary

#C4A736 #369AC4 #6036C4

monochromatic

#64551C #947E29 #C4A736 #D4BD63 #E1D193

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C4A736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#C4A736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A736

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A736	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A425

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 167, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.132 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac074',
    500: '#c4a736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a736;
$custom-light: #dac074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.746,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73419,
    "c": 0.13165,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A736

secondary

#8997CC

accent

#67E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A736

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

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