#C4AD36#C4AD36

#C4AD36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.136 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4AD36
RGB	rgb(196, 173, 54)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.80, -4.57, 60.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.80, 60.95, 94.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% -0.0187 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.136 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.3763, 41.8912, 9.5537)
Luminance	0.4189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4AD36 #364DC4

analogous

#C46636 #C4AD36 #94C436

triadic

#C4AD36 #36C4AD #AD36C4

tetradic

#C4AD36 #36C466 #364DC4 #C43694

square

#C4AD36 #36C466 #364DC4 #C43694

split-complementary

#C4AD36 #3694C4 #6636C4

monochromatic

#64581C #948329 #C4AD36 #D4C263 #E1D593

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C4AD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#C4AD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4AD36

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4AD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4AD36	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA923

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ad36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 173, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.136 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac575',
    500: '#c4ad36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ad36;
$custom-light: #dac575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ad36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.282,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74672,
    "c": 0.13587,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4AD36

secondary

#8994CC

accent

#60E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4AD36

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

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