#C4C225#C4C225

#C4C225 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.163 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C225
RGB	rgb(196, 194, 37)
HSL	hsl(59, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 81%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 81.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.35, -16.03, 71.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.35, 73.06, 102.67°)
OKLab	oklab(79.06% -0.0524 0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(79.06% 0.163 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.3924, 50.4543, 9.2555)
Luminance	0.5045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C225 #2527C4

analogous

#C47225 #C4C225 #77C425

triadic

#C4C225 #25C4C2 #C225C4

tetradic

#C4C225 #25C472 #2527C4 #C42577

square

#C4C225 #25C472 #2527C4 #C42577

split-complementary

#C4C225 #2577C4 #7225C4

monochromatic

#5D5C12 #918F1B #C4C225 #DDDB49 #E6E57D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C4C225 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#C4C225 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C225

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C225	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C225	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)

#D3BA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5BF34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c225;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 194, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.163 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad470',
    500: '#c4c225',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c225;
$custom-light: #dad470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c225",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.245,
    "s": 68.24,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79061,
    "c": 0.16252,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C225

secondary

#252668

accent

#3FEB3D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151408

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C225

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

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