#C4A837#C4A837

#C4A837 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.132 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A837
RGB	rgb(196, 168, 55)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, -1.87, 59.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 59.13, 91.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% -0.011 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.132 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.4591, 40.0189, 9.3651)
Luminance	0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A837 #3753C4

analogous

#C46237 #C4A837 #9AC437

triadic

#C4A837 #37C4A8 #A837C4

tetradic

#C4A837 #37C462 #3753C4 #C4379A

square

#C4A837 #37C462 #3753C4 #C4379A

split-complementary

#C4A837 #379AC4 #6237C4

monochromatic

#64561C #947F2A #C4A837 #D4BE65 #E1D294

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C4A837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#C4A837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A837

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A837	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 168, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.132 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac175',
    500: '#c4a837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a837;
$custom-light: #dac175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.085,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73635,
    "c": 0.13167,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A837

secondary

#8B98CC

accent

#66DF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A837

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

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