#C4B837#C4B837

#C4B837 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.144 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B837
RGB	rgb(196, 184, 55)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.74, -10.24, 63.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.74, 64.09, 99.20°)
OKLab	oklab(77.01% -0.0347 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(77.01% 0.144 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.5968, 46.2942, 10.4109)
Luminance	0.4629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B837 #3743C4

analogous

#C47237 #C4B837 #89C437

triadic

#C4B837 #37C4B8 #B837C4

tetradic

#C4B837 #37C472 #3743C4 #C43789

square

#C4B837 #37C472 #3743C4 #C43789

split-complementary

#C4B837 #3789C4 #7237C4

monochromatic

#645E1C #948B2A #C4B837 #D4CA65 #E1DB94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#C4B837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#C4B837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B837

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B837	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B221

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3AB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 184, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.144 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacd77',
    500: '#c4b837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b837;
$custom-light: #dacd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.894,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77008,
    "c": 0.14426,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B837

secondary

#8B90CC

accent

#55DF48

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B837

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

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