#C4A737#C4A737

#C4A737 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.131 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A737
RGB	rgb(196, 167, 55)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, -1.34, 58.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 58.86, 91.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.0094 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.131 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2752, 39.6511, 9.3038)
Luminance	0.3965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A737 #3754C4

analogous

#C46137 #C4A737 #9AC437

triadic

#C4A737 #37C4A7 #A737C4

tetradic

#C4A737 #37C461 #3754C4 #C4379A

square

#C4A737 #37C461 #3754C4 #C4379A

split-complementary

#C4A737 #379AC4 #6137C4

monochromatic

#64561C #947E2A #C4A737 #D4BD65 #E1D194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C4A737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#C4A737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A737

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A737	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 167, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.131 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac075',
    500: '#c4a737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a737;
$custom-light: #dac075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.66,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73427,
    "c": 0.131,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A737

secondary

#8B98CC

accent

#67DF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A737

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

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