A camera for use in automotive applications includes a lens system having a modulation transfer function (MTF) tuned to process light in a spectral range from red to green with greater resolution than light in a spectral range from blue to violet. The camera also includes an imager having pixel sensors arranged in a matrix and a color filter matrix including multiple color filter elements, each corresponding to a pixel sensor of the imager. The color filter matrix includes red filter elements and yellow filter elements and the number of yellow filter elements is greater than the number of red filter elements.