#C4B336#C4B336

#C4B336 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.141 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B336
RGB	rgb(196, 179, 54)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.39, -7.70, 62.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.39, 62.80, 97.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% -0.0276 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.141 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.5527, 44.2441, 9.9459)
Luminance	0.4424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B336 #3647C4

analogous

#C46C36 #C4B336 #8EC436

triadic

#C4B336 #36C4B3 #B336C4

tetradic

#C4B336 #36C46C #3647C4 #C4368E

square

#C4B336 #36C46C #3647C4 #C4368E

split-complementary

#C4B336 #368EC4 #6C36C4

monochromatic

#645B1C #948729 #C4B336 #D4C763 #E1D893

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C4B336 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#C4B336 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B336

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B336	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B336	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b336;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 179, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.141 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac975',
    500: '#c4b336',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b336;
$custom-light: #dac975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b336",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.817,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75937,
    "c": 0.1406,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B336

secondary

#8991CC

accent

#5AE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B336

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

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