#C4BA36#C4BA36

#C4BA36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.147 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BA36
RGB	rgb(196, 186, 54)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.27, -11.32, 64.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.27, 65.13, 100.01°)
OKLab	oklab(77.43% -0.0378 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(77.43% 0.147 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.9914, 47.1215, 10.4254)
Luminance	0.4712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BA36 #3640C4

analogous

#C47336 #C4BA36 #87C436

triadic

#C4BA36 #36C4BA #BA36C4

tetradic

#C4BA36 #36C473 #3640C4 #C43687

square

#C4BA36 #36C473 #3640C4 #C43687

split-complementary

#C4BA36 #3687C4 #7336C4

monochromatic

#645F1C #948C29 #C4BA36 #D4CC63 #E1DC93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#C4BA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#C4BA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BA36

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BA36	1.00	2.01	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB31E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB93F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3ADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ba36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 186, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.147 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dace76',
    500: '#c4ba36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ba36;
$custom-light: #dace76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ba36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.775,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77429,
    "c": 0.14665,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BA36

secondary

#898ECC

accent

#52E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BA36

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

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