#C4C22D#C4C22D

#C4C22D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.159 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C22D
RGB	rgb(196, 194, 45)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 77%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.38, -15.76, 69.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.38, 70.84, 102.85°)
OKLab	oklab(79.1% -0.0511 0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(79.1% 0.159 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.5321, 50.5102, 9.9911)
Luminance	0.5051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C22D #2D2FC4

analogous

#C4762D #C4C22D #7BC42D

triadic

#C4C22D #2DC4C2 #C22DC4

tetradic

#C4C22D #2DC476 #2D2FC4 #C42D7B

square

#C4C22D #2DC476 #2D2FC4 #C42D7B

split-complementary

#C4C22D #2D7BC4 #762DC4

monochromatic

#605F16 #929122 #C4C22D #D8D656 #E4E288

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C4C22D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#C4C22D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C22D

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C22D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C22D	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)

#D4BF3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c22d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 194, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.159 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad473',
    500: '#c4c22d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c22d;
$custom-light: #dad473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c22d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.205,
    "s": 62.656,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79099,
    "c": 0.15894,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C22D

secondary

#2A2B6B

accent

#44E642

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C22D

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

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