#C4C036#C4C036

#C4C036 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.152 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C036
RGB	rgb(196, 192, 54)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.89, -14.37, 65.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.89, 67.24, 102.34°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% -0.0464 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.152 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.2821, 49.7028, 10.8557)
Luminance	0.4970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C036 #363AC4

analogous

#C47936 #C4C036 #81C436

triadic

#C4C036 #36C4C0 #C036C4

tetradic

#C4C036 #36C479 #363AC4 #C43681

square

#C4C036 #36C479 #363AC4 #C43681

split-complementary

#C4C036 #3681C4 #7936C4

monochromatic

#64621C #949129 #C4C036 #D4D163 #E1DF93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C4C036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#C4C036 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C036

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C036	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B81C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BD40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 192, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.152 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad277',
    500: '#c4c036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c036;
$custom-light: #dad277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.31,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78719,
    "c": 0.15222,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C036

secondary

#898BCC

accent

#4CE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C036

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

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