#C4B437#C4B437

#C4B437 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.141 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B437
RGB	rgb(196, 180, 55)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.66, -8.18, 62.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.66, 62.76, 97.49°)
OKLab	oklab(76.16% -0.0289 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(76.16% 0.141 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.7776, 44.6559, 10.1379)
Luminance	0.4465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B437 #3747C4

analogous

#C46D37 #C4B437 #8EC437

triadic

#C4B437 #37C4B4 #B437C4

tetradic

#C4B437 #37C46D #3747C4 #C4378E

square

#C4B437 #37C46D #3747C4 #C4378E

split-complementary

#C4B437 #378EC4 #6D37C4

monochromatic

#645C1C #94882A #C4B437 #D4C765 #E1D894

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C4B437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#C4B437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B437

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B437	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AE22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 180, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.141 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daca76',
    500: '#c4b437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b437;
$custom-light: #daca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.191,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76156,
    "c": 0.14081,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B437

secondary

#8B92CC

accent

#59DF48

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B437

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

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