#C4C238#C4C238

#C4C238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.153 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C238
RGB	rgb(196, 194, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.44, -15.29, 65.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.44, 67.28, 103.14°)
OKLab	oklab(79.16% -0.0488 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(79.16% 0.153 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.7721, 50.6062, 11.2555)
Luminance	0.5060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C238 #383AC4

analogous

#C47C38 #C4C238 #80C438

triadic

#C4C238 #38C4C2 #C238C4

tetradic

#C4C238 #38C47C #383AC4 #C43880

square

#C4C238 #38C47C #383AC4 #C43880

split-complementary

#C4C238 #3880C4 #7C38C4

monochromatic

#65641D #94932A #C4C238 #D3D266 #E1E096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C4C238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#C4C238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C238

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C238	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)

#D2BA1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 194, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.153 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d478',
    500: '#c4c238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c238;
$custom-light: #d9d478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.143,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79164,
    "c": 0.15295,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C238

secondary

#31326F

accent

#4BDF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C238

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

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