#C4B436#C4B436

#C4B436 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.141 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B436
RGB	rgb(196, 180, 54)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.66, -8.22, 62.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.66, 63.12, 97.49°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% -0.0291 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.141 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.7539, 44.6464, 10.0129)
Luminance	0.4465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B436 #3646C4

analogous

#C46D36 #C4B436 #8DC436

triadic

#C4B436 #36C4B4 #B436C4

tetradic

#C4B436 #36C46D #3646C4 #C4368D

square

#C4B436 #36C46D #3646C4 #C4368D

split-complementary

#C4B436 #368DC4 #6D36C4

monochromatic

#645C1C #948829 #C4B436 #D4C763 #E1D893

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C4B436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#C4B436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B436

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B436	1.00	2.12	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AE20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 180, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.141 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daca76',
    500: '#c4b436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b436;
$custom-light: #daca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.239,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76149,
    "c": 0.14143,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B436

secondary

#8991CC

accent

#59E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B436

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

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