#C4C13B#C4C13B

#C4C13B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.150 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C13B
RGB	rgb(196, 193, 59)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 69.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.19, -14.64, 64.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.19, 65.84, 102.85°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% -0.0467 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.15 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.6259, 50.1928, 11.5796)
Luminance	0.5019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C13B #3B3EC4

analogous

#C47C3B #C4C13B #83C43B

triadic

#C4C13B #3BC4C1 #C13BC4

tetradic

#C4C13B #3BC47C #3B3EC4 #C43B83

square

#C4C13B #3BC47C #3B3EC4 #C43B83

split-complementary

#C4C13B #3B83C4 #7C3BC4

monochromatic

#66641F #95932D #C4C13B #D2D06A #E0DF99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C4C13B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#C4C13B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C13B

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C13B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C13B	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B925

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c13b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 193, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.150 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d379',
    500: '#c4c13b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c13b;
$custom-light: #d9d379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c13b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.686,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78969,
    "c": 0.15012,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C13B

secondary

#333470

accent

#4EDD4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C13B

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

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