#C4BA37#C4BA37

#C4BA37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.146 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BA37
RGB	rgb(196, 186, 55)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.27, -11.27, 63.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.27, 64.77, 100.02°)
OKLab	oklab(77.44% -0.0376 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(77.44% 0.146 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.0151, 47.1310, 10.5504)
Luminance	0.4713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BA37 #3741C4

analogous

#C47437 #C4BA37 #88C437

triadic

#C4BA37 #37C4BA #BA37C4

tetradic

#C4BA37 #37C474 #3741C4 #C43788

square

#C4BA37 #37C474 #3741C4 #C43788

split-complementary

#C4BA37 #3788C4 #7437C4

monochromatic

#645F1C #948D2A #C4BA37 #D4CC65 #E1DC94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#C4BA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#C4BA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BA37

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BA37	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB320

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3ADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ba37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 186, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.146 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dace77',
    500: '#c4ba37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ba37;
$custom-light: #dace77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ba37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.745,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77436,
    "c": 0.14604,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BA37

secondary

#8B8FCC

accent

#53DF48

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BA37

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

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