#C4C229#C4C229

#C4C229 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.161 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C229
RGB	rgb(196, 194, 41)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 79.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.36, -15.90, 70.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.36, 71.99, 102.76°)
OKLab	oklab(79.08% -0.0518 0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(79.08% 0.161 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.4587, 50.4808, 9.6046)
Luminance	0.5048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C229 #292BC4

analogous

#C47529 #C4C229 #79C429

triadic

#C4C229 #29C4C2 #C229C4

tetradic

#C4C229 #29C475 #292BC4 #C42979

square

#C4C229 #29C475 #292BC4 #C42979

split-complementary

#C4C229 #2979C4 #7529C4

monochromatic

#5F5E14 #91901E #C4C229 #DAD950 #E5E482

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C4C229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#C4C229 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C229

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C229	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5BF37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 194, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.161 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad471',
    500: '#c4c229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c229;
$custom-light: #dad471;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.226,
    "s": 65.401,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79079,
    "c": 0.16081,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C229

secondary

#27286A

accent

#42E83F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C229

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

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