#C4C04E#C4C04E

#C4C04E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.135 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C04E
RGB	rgb(196, 192, 78)
HSL	hsl(58, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 60.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.06, -13.00, 56.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.06, 57.86, 102.99°)
OKLab	oklab(78.91% -0.0401 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(78.91% 0.135 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.9911, 49.9864, 14.5900)
Luminance	0.4999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C04E #4E52C4

analogous

#C4854E #C4C04E #8DC44E

triadic

#C4C04E #4EC4C0 #C04EC4

tetradic

#C4C04E #4EC485 #4E52C4 #C44E8D

square

#C4C04E #4EC485 #4E52C4 #C44E8D

split-complementary

#C4C04E #4E8DC4 #854EC4

monochromatic

#726F26 #A09C35 #C4C04E #D3D07C #E3E1AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C4C04E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#C4C04E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C04E

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C04E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C04E	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c04e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 192, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.135 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d284',
    500: '#c4c04e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c04e;
$custom-light: #d9d284;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c04e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.966,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78914,
    "c": 0.13522,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C04E

secondary

#9E9FD0

accent

#53DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C04E

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

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