#C4C237#C4C237

#C4C237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.154 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C237
RGB	rgb(196, 194, 55)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.43, -15.34, 65.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.43, 67.62, 103.11°)
OKLab	oklab(79.16% -0.049 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(79.16% 0.154 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.7479, 50.5965, 11.1280)
Luminance	0.5060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C237 #3739C4

analogous

#C47C37 #C4C237 #80C437

triadic

#C4C237 #37C4C2 #C237C4

tetradic

#C4C237 #37C47C #3739C4 #C43780

square

#C4C237 #37C47C #3739C4 #C43780

split-complementary

#C4C237 #3780C4 #7C37C4

monochromatic

#64631C #94932A #C4C237 #D4D265 #E1E094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C4C237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#C4C237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C237

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C237	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 194, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.154 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d478',
    500: '#c4c237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c237;
$custom-light: #d9d478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.149,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79158,
    "c": 0.15354,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C237

secondary

#30316F

accent

#4ADF48

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C237

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

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