#C4C037#C4C037

#C4C037 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.152 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C037
RGB	rgb(196, 192, 55)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.89, -14.33, 65.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.89, 66.89, 102.37°)
OKLab	oklab(78.73% -0.0462 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(78.73% 0.152 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.3058, 49.7123, 10.9806)
Luminance	0.4971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C037 #373BC4

analogous

#C47A37 #C4C037 #82C437

triadic

#C4C037 #37C4C0 #C037C4

tetradic

#C4C037 #37C47A #373BC4 #C43782

square

#C4C037 #37C47A #373BC4 #C43782

split-complementary

#C4C037 #3782C4 #7A37C4

monochromatic

#64621C #94912A #C4C037 #D4D165 #E1DF94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C4C037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#C4C037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C037

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C037	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)

#D0B81E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 192, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.152 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d277',
    500: '#c4c037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c037;
$custom-light: #d9d277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.298,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78726,
    "c": 0.15162,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C037

secondary

#8B8CCC

accent

#4DDF48

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C037

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

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