#C4C227#C4C227

#C4C227 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.162 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C227
RGB	rgb(196, 194, 39)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 80%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 80.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.36, -15.97, 70.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.36, 72.54, 102.71°)
OKLab	oklab(79.07% -0.0521 0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(79.07% 0.162 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.4246, 50.4672, 9.4254)
Luminance	0.5047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C227 #2729C4

analogous

#C47327 #C4C227 #77C427

triadic

#C4C227 #27C4C2 #C227C4

tetradic

#C4C227 #27C473 #2729C4 #C42777

square

#C4C227 #27C473 #2729C4 #C42777

split-complementary

#C4C227 #2777C4 #7327C4

monochromatic

#5E5D13 #918F1D #C4C227 #DCDA4D #E6E480

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C4C227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#C4C227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C227

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C227	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)

#D2BA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5BF36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 194, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.162 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad470',
    500: '#c4c227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c227;
$custom-light: #dad470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.236,
    "s": 66.809,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7907,
    "c": 0.16168,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C227

secondary

#262769

accent

#40EA3E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151408

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C227

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

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