#C4C047#C4C047

#C4C047 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.141 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C047
RGB	rgb(196, 192, 71)
HSL	hsl(58, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 63.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.00, -13.46, 59.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.00, 60.81, 102.79°)
OKLab	oklab(78.85% -0.0421 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(78.85% 0.141 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.7534, 49.8913, 13.3379)
Luminance	0.4989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C047 #474BC4

analogous

#C48247 #C4C047 #8AC447

triadic

#C4C047 #47C4C0 #C047C4

tetradic

#C4C047 #47C482 #474BC4 #C4478A

square

#C4C047 #47C482 #474BC4 #C4478A

split-complementary

#C4C047 #478AC4 #8247C4

monochromatic

#6D6B23 #9C9832 #C4C047 #D3D075 #E2E0A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C4C047 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#C4C047 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C047

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C047	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C047	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB937

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c047;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 192, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.141 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d280',
    500: '#c4c047',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c047;
$custom-light: #d9d280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c047",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.08,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78849,
    "c": 0.14076,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C047

secondary

#989ACF

accent

#51DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C047

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

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