#C4C040#C4C040

#C4C040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.146 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C040
RGB	rgb(196, 192, 64)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.95, -13.87, 62.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.95, 63.59, 102.60°)
OKLab	oklab(78.79% -0.044 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(78.79% 0.146 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.5415, 49.8066, 12.2222)
Luminance	0.4980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C040 #4044C4

analogous

#C47E40 #C4C040 #86C440

triadic

#C4C040 #40C4C0 #C040C4

tetradic

#C4C040 #40C47E #4044C4 #C44086

square

#C4C040 #40C47E #4044C4 #C44086

split-complementary

#C4C040 #4086C4 #7E40C4

monochromatic

#696720 #98952F #C4C040 #D2CF6F #E1DF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C4C040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#C4C040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C040

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C040	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B92D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 192, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.146 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d27c',
    500: '#c4c040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c040;
$custom-light: #d9d27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.182,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7879,
    "c": 0.14583,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C040

secondary

#9394CD

accent

#50DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C040

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

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