#C4B236#C4B236

#C4B236 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.140 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B236
RGB	rgb(196, 178, 54)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, -7.18, 62.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 62.48, 96.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% -0.0262 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.14 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.3530, 43.8447, 9.8793)
Luminance	0.4384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B236 #3648C4

analogous

#C46B36 #C4B236 #8FC436

triadic

#C4B236 #36C4B2 #B236C4

tetradic

#C4B236 #36C46B #3648C4 #C4368F

square

#C4B236 #36C46B #3648C4 #C4368F

split-complementary

#C4B236 #368FC4 #6B36C4

monochromatic

#645B1C #948629 #C4B236 #D4C663 #E1D793

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C4B236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#C4B236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B236

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B236	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 178, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.140 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac875',
    500: '#c4b236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b236;
$custom-light: #dac875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.394,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75725,
    "c": 0.13978,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B236

secondary

#8992CC

accent

#5BE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B236

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

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