#C4C139#C4C139

#C4C139 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.151 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C139
RGB	rgb(196, 193, 57)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 70.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.17, -14.74, 64.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.17, 66.56, 102.79°)
OKLab	oklab(78.96% -0.0471 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(78.96% 0.151 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.5750, 50.1725, 11.3117)
Luminance	0.5017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C139 #393CC4

analogous

#C47C39 #C4C139 #82C439

triadic

#C4C139 #39C4C1 #C139C4

tetradic

#C4C139 #39C47C #393CC4 #C43982

square

#C4C139 #39C47C #393CC4 #C43982

split-complementary

#C4C139 #3982C4 #7C39C4

monochromatic

#65641D #95922B #C4C139 #D3D167 #E1DF97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C4C139 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#C4C139 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C139

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C139	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C139	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)

#D1B921

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c139;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 193, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.151 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d378',
    500: '#c4c139',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c139;
$custom-light: #d9d378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c139",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.705,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78955,
    "c": 0.15137,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C139

secondary

#323370

accent

#4DDE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C139

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

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