#C4C138#C4C138

#C4C138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.152 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C138
RGB	rgb(196, 193, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.17, -14.79, 65.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.17, 66.91, 102.77°)
OKLab	oklab(78.95% -0.0474 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(78.95% 0.152 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.5503, 50.1626, 11.1816)
Luminance	0.5016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C138 #383BC4

analogous

#C47B38 #C4C138 #81C438

triadic

#C4C138 #38C4C1 #C138C4

tetradic

#C4C138 #38C47B #383BC4 #C43881

square

#C4C138 #38C47B #383BC4 #C43881

split-complementary

#C4C138 #3881C4 #7B38C4

monochromatic

#65631D #94922A #C4C138 #D3D166 #E1DF96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C4C138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#C4C138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C138

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C138	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B91F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 193, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.152 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d378',
    500: '#c4c138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c138;
$custom-light: #d9d378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.714,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78948,
    "c": 0.15198,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C138

secondary

#31326F

accent

#4CDF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C138

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

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