#C4AB36#C4AB36

#C4AB36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.134 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AB36
RGB	rgb(196, 171, 54)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, -3.51, 60.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 60.36, 93.34°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.0157 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.134 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9956, 41.1299, 9.4269)
Luminance	0.4113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AB36 #364FC4

analogous

#C46436 #C4AB36 #96C436

triadic

#C4AB36 #36C4AB #AB36C4

tetradic

#C4AB36 #36C464 #364FC4 #C43696

square

#C4AB36 #36C464 #364FC4 #C43696

split-complementary

#C4AB36 #3696C4 #6436C4

monochromatic

#64571C #948129 #C4AB36 #D4C063 #E1D493

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C4AB36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#C4AB36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AB36

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AB36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AB36	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA723

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ab36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 171, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.134 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac375',
    500: '#c4ab36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ab36;
$custom-light: #dac375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ab36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.437,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74253,
    "c": 0.1344,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AB36

secondary

#8995CC

accent

#63E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AB36

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

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