#C4C042#C4C042

#C4C042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.144 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C042
RGB	rgb(196, 192, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.96, -13.76, 61.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.96, 62.81, 102.65°)
OKLab	oklab(78.81% -0.0435 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(78.81% 0.144 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.5995, 49.8298, 12.5273)
Luminance	0.4983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C042 #4246C4

analogous

#C47F42 #C4C042 #87C442

triadic

#C4C042 #42C4C0 #C042C4

tetradic

#C4C042 #42C47F #4246C4 #C44287

square

#C4C042 #42C47F #4246C4 #C44287

split-complementary

#C4C042 #4287C4 #7F42C4

monochromatic

#6A6821 #999630 #C4C042 #D3D071 #E1DF9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C4C042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#C4C042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C042

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C042	1.00	1.92	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 192, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.144 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d27d',
    500: '#c4c042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c042;
$custom-light: #d9d27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.154,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78806,
    "c": 0.14443,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C042

secondary

#9496CE

accent

#50DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C042

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

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