#C4B036#C4B036

#C4B036 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.138 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B036
RGB	rgb(196, 176, 54)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.59, -6.14, 61.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.59, 61.86, 95.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.3% -0.0232 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(75.3% 0.138 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.9580, 43.0546, 9.7476)
Luminance	0.4305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B036 #364AC4

analogous

#C46936 #C4B036 #91C436

triadic

#C4B036 #36C4B0 #B036C4

tetradic

#C4B036 #36C469 #364AC4 #C43691

square

#C4B036 #36C469 #364AC4 #C43691

split-complementary

#C4B036 #3691C4 #6936C4

monochromatic

#645A1C #948529 #C4B036 #D4C463 #E1D693

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C4B036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#C4B036 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B036

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B036	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 176, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.138 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac775',
    500: '#c4b036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b036;
$custom-light: #dac775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.549,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75303,
    "c": 0.13817,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B036

secondary

#8993CC

accent

#5DE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B036

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

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