#C4B736#C4B736

#C4B736 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.144 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B736
RGB	rgb(196, 183, 54)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.46, -9.78, 63.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.46, 64.11, 98.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.79% -0.0335 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(76.79% 0.144 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.3660, 45.8707, 10.2170)
Luminance	0.4587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B736 #3643C4

analogous

#C47036 #C4B736 #8AC436

triadic

#C4B736 #36C4B7 #B736C4

tetradic

#C4B736 #36C470 #3643C4 #C4368A

square

#C4B736 #36C470 #3643C4 #C4368A

split-complementary

#C4B736 #368AC4 #7036C4

monochromatic

#645D1C #948A29 #C4B736 #D4CA63 #E1DA93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#C4B736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#C4B736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B736

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B736	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B11F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB73F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 183, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.144 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacc76',
    500: '#c4b736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b736;
$custom-light: #dacc76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.507,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76788,
    "c": 0.14399,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B736

secondary

#8990CC

accent

#56E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B736

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

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