#C4C151#C4C151

#C4C151 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.134 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C151
RGB	rgb(196, 193, 81)
HSL	hsl(58, 49%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(58, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 58.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.36, -13.30, 55.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.36, 56.96, 103.50°)
OKLab	oklab(79.16% -0.0406 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(79.16% 0.134 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.3214, 50.4710, 15.2428)
Luminance	0.5047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C151 #5154C4

analogous

#C48851 #C4C151 #8EC451

triadic

#C4C151 #51C4C1 #C151C4

tetradic

#C4C151 #51C488 #5154C4 #C4518E

square

#C4C151 #51C488 #5154C4 #C4518E

split-complementary

#C4C151 #518EC4 #8851C4

monochromatic

#737127 #A19E37 #C4C151 #D3D17F #E3E2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C4C151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#C4C151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C151

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C151	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 193, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.134 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d386',
    500: '#c4c151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c151;
$custom-light: #d8d386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.435,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79159,
    "c": 0.13373,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C151

secondary

#3D3E7D

accent

#53D94F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C151

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

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