#C4A137#C4A137

#C4A137 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.127 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A137
RGB	rgb(196, 161, 55)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.65, 1.86, 57.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.65, 57.31, 88.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.0002 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.127 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2014, 37.5036, 8.9458)
Luminance	0.3750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A137 #375AC4

analogous

#C45A37 #C4A137 #A1C437

triadic

#C4A137 #37C4A1 #A137C4

tetradic

#C4A137 #37C45A #375AC4 #C437A1

square

#C4A137 #37C45A #375AC4 #C437A1

split-complementary

#C4A137 #37A1C4 #5A37C4

monochromatic

#64521C #947A2A #C4A137 #D4B865 #E1CE94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#C4A137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#C4A137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A137

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A137	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 161, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.127 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabc74',
    500: '#c4a137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a137;
$custom-light: #dabc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.106,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7219,
    "c": 0.12736,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A137

secondary

#8B9BCC

accent

#6EDF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A137

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

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