#C4C233#C4C233

#C4C233 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.156 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C233
RGB	rgb(196, 194, 51)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 74%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.41, -15.52, 67.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.41, 68.97, 103.00°)
OKLab	oklab(79.13% -0.0499 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(79.13% 0.156 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.6559, 50.5597, 10.6434)
Luminance	0.5056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C233 #3335C4

analogous

#C47933 #C4C233 #7EC433

triadic

#C4C233 #33C4C2 #C233C4

tetradic

#C4C233 #33C479 #3335C4 #C4337E

square

#C4C233 #33C479 #3335C4 #C4337E

split-complementary

#C4C233 #337EC4 #7933C4

monochromatic

#63621A #939226 #C4C233 #D5D45F #E2E18F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C4C233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#C4C233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C233

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C233	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)

#D2BA13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 194, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.156 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad476',
    500: '#c4c233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c233;
$custom-light: #dad476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.172,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79133,
    "c": 0.15583,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C233

secondary

#2E2F6D

accent

#48E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C233

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

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