#C4A937#C4A937

#C4A937 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.132 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A937
RGB	rgb(196, 169, 55)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, -2.41, 59.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 59.41, 92.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% -0.0125 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.132 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.6444, 40.3896, 9.4268)
Luminance	0.4039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A937 #3752C4

analogous

#C46337 #C4A937 #98C437

triadic

#C4A937 #37C4A9 #A937C4

tetradic

#C4A937 #37C463 #3752C4 #C43798

square

#C4A937 #37C463 #3752C4 #C43798

split-complementary

#C4A937 #3798C4 #6337C4

monochromatic

#64571C #94802A #C4A937 #D4BE65 #E1D294

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C4A937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#C4A937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A937

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A937	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA626

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 169, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.132 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac275',
    500: '#c4a937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a937;
$custom-light: #dac275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.511,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73843,
    "c": 0.13235,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A937

secondary

#8B97CC

accent

#65DF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A937

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

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