#C4A537#C4A537

#C4A537 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.130 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A537
RGB	rgb(196, 165, 55)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, -0.28, 58.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 58.32, 90.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% -0.0064 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.13 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.9116, 38.9240, 9.1826)
Luminance	0.3892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A537 #3756C4

analogous

#C45F37 #C4A537 #9CC437

triadic

#C4A537 #37C4A5 #A537C4

tetradic

#C4A537 #37C45F #3756C4 #C4379C

square

#C4A537 #37C45F #3756C4 #C4379C

split-complementary

#C4A537 #379CC4 #5F37C4

monochromatic

#64551C #947D2A #C4A537 #D4BB65 #E1D094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C4A537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#C4A537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A537

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A537	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 165, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.130 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabf75',
    500: '#c4a537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a537;
$custom-light: #dabf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.809,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73013,
    "c": 0.12972,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A537

secondary

#8B99CC

accent

#6ADF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A537

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

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