#C4C050#C4C050

#C4C050 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.134 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C050
RGB	rgb(196, 192, 80)
HSL	hsl(58, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(58, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 59.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.08, -12.86, 55.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.08, 56.99, 103.04°)
OKLab	oklab(78.93% -0.0394 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(78.93% 0.134 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.0639, 50.0155, 14.9734)
Luminance	0.5001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C050 #5054C4

analogous

#C48650 #C4C050 #8EC450

triadic

#C4C050 #50C4C0 #C050C4

tetradic

#C4C050 #50C486 #5054C4 #C4508E

square

#C4C050 #50C486 #5054C4 #C4508E

split-complementary

#C4C050 #508EC4 #8650C4

monochromatic

#737027 #A19D36 #C4C050 #D3D07E #E3E1AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C4C050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#C4C050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C050

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C050	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)

#CFB943

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 192, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.134 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d285',
    500: '#c4c050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c050;
$custom-light: #d8d285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.931,
    "s": 49.573,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78934,
    "c": 0.13355,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C050

secondary

#3C3E7C

accent

#53D94F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C050

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

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