#C4C044#C4C044

#C4C044 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.143 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C044
RGB	rgb(196, 192, 68)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 65.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.98, -13.64, 60.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.98, 62.02, 102.71°)
OKLab	oklab(78.82% -0.0429 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(78.82% 0.143 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.6595, 49.8538, 12.8433)
Luminance	0.4985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C044 #4448C4

analogous

#C48044 #C4C044 #88C444

triadic

#C4C044 #44C4C0 #C044C4

tetradic

#C4C044 #44C480 #4448C4 #C44488

square

#C4C044 #44C480 #4448C4 #C44488

split-complementary

#C4C044 #4488C4 #8044C4

monochromatic

#6C6922 #9A9731 #C4C044 #D3D073 #E1DFA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C4C044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#C4C044 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C044

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C044	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)

#CFB933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 192, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.143 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d27e',
    500: '#c4c044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c044;
$custom-light: #d9d27e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.125,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78823,
    "c": 0.14299,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C044

secondary

#9698CE

accent

#51DB4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C044

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

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