#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
RGBrgb(196, 163, 55)
HSLhsl(46, 56%, 49%)
HSVhsv(46, 72%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 16.8%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(68.17, 0.79, 57.80)
CIE-LCHlch(68.17, 57.81, 89.22°)
OKLaboklab(72.6% -0.0033 0.1285)
OKLCHoklch(72.6% 0.129 91.5)
XYZxyz(36.5537, 38.2082, 9.0633)
Luminance0.3821 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##C4A3371.002.438.648.64
#FFFFFF2.431.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6421.001.001.00
##0000008.6421.001.001.00

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

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#C4A337 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva