#C4A237#C4A237

#C4A237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.128 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A237
RGB	rgb(196, 162, 55)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.91, 1.33, 57.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.91, 57.56, 88.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.0018 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.128 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.3769, 37.8545, 9.0043)
Luminance	0.3785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A237 #3759C4

analogous

#C45C37 #C4A237 #A0C437

triadic

#C4A237 #37C4A2 #A237C4

tetradic

#C4A237 #37C45C #3759C4 #C437A0

square

#C4A237 #37C45C #3759C4 #C437A0

split-complementary

#C4A237 #37A0C4 #5C37C4

monochromatic

#64531C #947B2A #C4A237 #D4B965 #E1CF94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#C4A237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#C4A237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A237

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A237	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 162, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.128 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabd74',
    500: '#c4a237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a237;
$custom-light: #dabd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.532,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72395,
    "c": 0.12792,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A237

secondary

#8B9ACC

accent

#6DDF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A237

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

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