#C4A836#C4A836

#C4A836 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.132 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A836
RGB	rgb(196, 168, 54)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, -1.92, 59.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 59.51, 91.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% -0.0112 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.132 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.4354, 40.0094, 9.2401)
Luminance	0.4001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A836 #3652C4

analogous

#C46136 #C4A836 #99C436

triadic

#C4A836 #36C4A8 #A836C4

tetradic

#C4A836 #36C461 #3652C4 #C43699

square

#C4A836 #36C461 #3652C4 #C43699

split-complementary

#C4A836 #3699C4 #6136C4

monochromatic

#64561C #947F29 #C4A836 #D4BE63 #E1D293

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C4A836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#C4A836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A836

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A836	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA524

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 168, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.132 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac174',
    500: '#c4a836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a836;
$custom-light: #dac174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.169,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73627,
    "c": 0.13231,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A836

secondary

#8997CC

accent

#66E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A836

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

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