#C4C028#C4C028

#C4C028 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.159 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C028
RGB	rgb(196, 192, 40)
HSL	hsl(58, 66%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 80%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 79.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.82, -14.93, 70.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.82, 71.59, 102.03°)
OKLab	oklab(78.64% -0.0491 0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(78.64% 0.159 108)
XYZ	xyz(41.9993, 49.5897, 9.3665)
Luminance	0.4959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C028 #282CC4

analogous

#C47228 #C4C028 #7AC428

triadic

#C4C028 #28C4C0 #C028C4

tetradic

#C4C028 #28C472 #282CC4 #C4287A

square

#C4C028 #28C472 #282CC4 #C4287A

split-complementary

#C4C028 #287AC4 #7228C4

monochromatic

#5E5C13 #918E1E #C4C028 #DBD74E #E5E381

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C4C028 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#C4C028 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C028

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C028	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C028	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BD36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c028;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 192, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.159 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad270',
    500: '#c4c028',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c028;
$custom-light: #dad270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c028",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.462,
    "s": 66.102,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78641,
    "c": 0.1594,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.49588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C028

secondary

#7A7CCE

accent

#43E93F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151408

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C028

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

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