#C4C142#C4C142

#C4C142 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.145 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C142
RGB	rgb(196, 193, 66)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.23, -14.26, 61.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.23, 63.19, 103.05°)
OKLab	oklab(79.02% -0.0449 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(79.02% 0.145 108)
XYZ	xyz(42.8198, 50.2704, 12.6008)
Luminance	0.5027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C142 #4245C4

analogous

#C48042 #C4C142 #86C442

triadic

#C4C142 #42C4C1 #C142C4

tetradic

#C4C142 #42C480 #4245C4 #C44286

square

#C4C142 #42C480 #4245C4 #C44286

split-complementary

#C4C142 #4286C4 #8042C4

monochromatic

#6A6921 #999730 #C4C142 #D3D071 #E1E09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C4C142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#C4C142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C142

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C142	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)

#D1B930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 193, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.145 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d37d',
    500: '#c4c142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c142;
$custom-light: #d9d37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.615,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79022,
    "c": 0.14542,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.50269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C142

secondary

#363774

accent

#4FDC4C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C142

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

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