#C4B536#C4B536

#C4B536 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.142 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B536
RGB	rgb(196, 181, 54)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.93, -8.74, 62.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.93, 63.45, 97.92°)
OKLab	oklab(76.36% -0.0306 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(76.36% 0.142 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.9565, 45.0516, 10.0805)
Luminance	0.4505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B536 #3645C4

analogous

#C46E36 #C4B536 #8CC436

triadic

#C4B536 #36C4B5 #B536C4

tetradic

#C4B536 #36C46E #3645C4 #C4368C

square

#C4B536 #36C46E #3645C4 #C4368C

split-complementary

#C4B536 #368CC4 #6E36C4

monochromatic

#645C1C #948929 #C4B536 #D4C863 #E1D993

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C4B536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#C4B536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B536

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B536	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AF20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB63F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 181, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.142 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daca76',
    500: '#c4b536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b536;
$custom-light: #daca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.662,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76362,
    "c": 0.14227,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B536

secondary

#8991CC

accent

#58E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B536

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

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