#C4A936#C4A936

#C4A936 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.133 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A936
RGB	rgb(196, 169, 54)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.74, -2.45, 59.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.74, 59.79, 92.35°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% -0.0127 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.133 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.6207, 40.3801, 9.3019)
Luminance	0.4038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A936 #3651C4

analogous

#C46236 #C4A936 #98C436

triadic

#C4A936 #36C4A9 #A936C4

tetradic

#C4A936 #36C462 #3651C4 #C43698

square

#C4A936 #36C462 #3651C4 #C43698

split-complementary

#C4A936 #3698C4 #6236C4

monochromatic

#64561C #948029 #C4A936 #D4BF63 #E1D293

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C4A936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#C4A936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A936

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A936	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 169, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.133 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac274',
    500: '#c4a936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a936;
$custom-light: #dac274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.592,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73835,
    "c": 0.13299,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A936

secondary

#8996CC

accent

#65E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A936

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

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