#C4C045#C4C045

#C4C045 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.142 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C045
RGB	rgb(196, 192, 69)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 64.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.99, -13.58, 60.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.99, 61.62, 102.73°)
OKLab	oklab(78.83% -0.0427 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(78.83% 0.142 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.6902, 49.8661, 13.0054)
Luminance	0.4986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C045 #4549C4

analogous

#C48145 #C4C045 #89C445

triadic

#C4C045 #45C4C0 #C045C4

tetradic

#C4C045 #45C481 #4549C4 #C44589

square

#C4C045 #45C481 #4549C4 #C44589

split-complementary

#C4C045 #4589C4 #8145C4

monochromatic

#6C6A22 #9B9731 #C4C045 #D3D073 #E1DFA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C4C045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#C4C045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C045

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C045	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)

#CFB935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 192, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.142 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d27f',
    500: '#c4c045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c045;
$custom-light: #d9d27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.11,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78831,
    "c": 0.14226,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C045

secondary

#9798CE

accent

#51DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C045

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

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