#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
RGBrgb(196, 180, 55)
HSLhsl(53, 56%, 49%)
HSVhsv(53, 72%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 8.2%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(72.66, -8.18, 62.22)
CIE-LCHlch(72.66, 62.76, 97.49°)
OKLaboklab(76.16% -0.0289 0.1378)
OKLCHoklch(76.16% 0.141 101.8)
XYZxyz(39.7776, 44.6559, 10.1379)
Luminance0.4465 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##C4B4371.002.119.939.93
#FFFFFF2.111.0021.0021.00
#0000009.9321.001.001.00
##0000009.9321.001.001.00

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

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#C4B437 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva