#C4A337#C4A337

#C4A337 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.129 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A337
RGB	rgb(196, 163, 55)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, 0.79, 57.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 57.81, 89.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% -0.0033 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.129 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5537, 38.2082, 9.0633)
Luminance	0.3821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A337 #3758C4

analogous

#C45C37 #C4A337 #9FC437

triadic

#C4A337 #37C4A3 #A337C4

tetradic

#C4A337 #37C45C #3758C4 #C4379F

square

#C4A337 #37C45C #3758C4 #C4379F

split-complementary

#C4A337 #379FC4 #5C37C4

monochromatic

#64541C #947B2A #C4A337 #D4BA65 #E1CF94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#C4A337 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#C4A337 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A337

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A337	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A337	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a337;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 163, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.129 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabd74',
    500: '#c4a337',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a337;
$custom-light: #dabd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a337",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.957,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.726,
    "c": 0.1285,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A337

secondary

#8B9ACC

accent

#6CDF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A337

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

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