#C4C231#C4C231

#C4C231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.157 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C231
RGB	rgb(196, 194, 49)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 75%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.40, -15.60, 67.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.40, 69.61, 102.95°)
OKLab	oklab(79.12% -0.0503 0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(79.12% 0.157 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.6127, 50.5425, 10.4161)
Luminance	0.5054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C231 #3133C4

analogous

#C47931 #C4C231 #7CC431

triadic

#C4C231 #31C4C2 #C231C4

tetradic

#C4C231 #31C479 #3133C4 #C4317C

square

#C4C231 #31C479 #3133C4 #C4317C

split-complementary

#C4C231 #317CC4 #7931C4

monochromatic

#626119 #939225 #C4C231 #D6D55C #E2E18D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C4C231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#C4C231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C231

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C231	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 194, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.157 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad475',
    500: '#c4c231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c231;
$custom-light: #dad475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.184,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79121,
    "c": 0.15692,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C231

secondary

#2C2D6D

accent

#47E345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C231

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

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