#C4C141#C4C141

#C4C141 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.146 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C141
RGB	rgb(196, 193, 65)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 66.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.23, -14.32, 61.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.23, 63.58, 103.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.01% -0.0452 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(79.01% 0.146 108)
XYZ	xyz(42.7906, 50.2587, 12.4469)
Luminance	0.5026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C141 #4144C4

analogous

#C47F41 #C4C141 #85C441

triadic

#C4C141 #41C4C1 #C141C4

tetradic

#C4C141 #41C47F #4144C4 #C44185

square

#C4C141 #41C47F #4144C4 #C44185

split-complementary

#C4C141 #4185C4 #7F41C4

monochromatic

#6A6821 #98962F #C4C141 #D3D070 #E1DF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C4C141 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#C4C141 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C141

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C141	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C141	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B92E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c141;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 193, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.146 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d37d',
    500: '#c4c141',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c141;
$custom-light: #d9d37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c141",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.626,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79014,
    "c": 0.14613,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.50257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C141

secondary

#353774

accent

#4FDC4C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C141

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

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