#C4C043#C4C043

#C4C043 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	#C4C043
RGB	rgb(196, 192, 67)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(58, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 65.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.97, -13.70, 60.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.97, 62.42, 102.68°)
OKLab	oklab(78.82% -0.0432 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(78.82% 0.144 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.6292, 49.8416, 12.6840)
Luminance	0.4984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C043 #4347C4

analogous

#C48043 #C4C043 #87C443

triadic

#C4C043 #43C4C0 #C043C4

tetradic

#C4C043 #43C480 #4347C4 #C44387

square

#C4C043 #43C480 #4347C4 #C44387

split-complementary

#C4C043 #4387C4 #8043C4

monochromatic

#6B6922 #9A9630 #C4C043 #D3D072 #E1DFA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C4C043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#C4C043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C043

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C043	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	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)

#D0B932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 192, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.144 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d27e',
    500: '#c4c043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c043;
$custom-light: #d9d27e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.14,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78815,
    "c": 0.14372,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C043

secondary

#9597CE

accent

#51DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C043

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

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