#C4B037#C4B037

#C4B037 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.138 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B037
RGB	rgb(196, 176, 55)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.60, -6.09, 61.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.60, 61.48, 95.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% -0.023 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.138 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9817, 43.0641, 9.8726)
Luminance	0.4306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B037 #374BC4

analogous

#C46937 #C4B037 #92C437

triadic

#C4B037 #37C4B0 #B037C4

tetradic

#C4B037 #37C469 #374BC4 #C43792

square

#C4B037 #37C469 #374BC4 #C43792

split-complementary

#C4B037 #3792C4 #6937C4

monochromatic

#645A1C #94852A #C4B037 #D4C465 #E1D694

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C4B037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#C4B037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B037

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B037	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B33F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 176, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.138 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac776',
    500: '#c4b037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b037;
$custom-light: #dac776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.489,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7531,
    "c": 0.13755,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B037

secondary

#8B94CC

accent

#5EDF48

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B037

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

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