#C4B337#C4B337

#C4B337 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.140 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B337
RGB	rgb(196, 179, 55)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.40, -7.66, 61.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.40, 62.43, 97.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% -0.0274 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.14 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.5764, 44.2536, 10.0708)
Luminance	0.4425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B337 #3748C4

analogous

#C46D37 #C4B337 #8FC437

triadic

#C4B337 #37C4B3 #B337C4

tetradic

#C4B337 #37C46D #3748C4 #C4378F

square

#C4B337 #37C46D #3748C4 #C4378F

split-complementary

#C4B337 #378FC4 #6D37C4

monochromatic

#645C1C #94872A #C4B337 #D4C665 #E1D894

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C4B337 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#C4B337 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B337

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B337	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B337	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b337;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 179, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.140 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac976',
    500: '#c4b337',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b337;
$custom-light: #dac976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b337",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.766,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75944,
    "c": 0.13998,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B337

secondary

#8B92CC

accent

#5BDF48

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B337

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

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