#C4C239#C4C239

#C4C239 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.152 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C239
RGB	rgb(196, 194, 57)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 70.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.45, -15.24, 65.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.45, 66.92, 103.16°)
OKLab	oklab(79.17% -0.0486 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(79.17% 0.152 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.7968, 50.6161, 11.3856)
Luminance	0.5061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C239 #393BC4

analogous

#C47D39 #C4C239 #80C439

triadic

#C4C239 #39C4C2 #C239C4

tetradic

#C4C239 #39C47D #393BC4 #C43980

square

#C4C239 #39C47D #393BC4 #C43980

split-complementary

#C4C239 #3980C4 #7D39C4

monochromatic

#65641D #95932B #C4C239 #D3D167 #E1E097

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C4C239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#C4C239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C239

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C239	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)

#D2BA21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 194, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.152 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d479',
    500: '#c4c239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c239;
$custom-light: #d9d479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.137,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79171,
    "c": 0.15235,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C239

secondary

#323270

accent

#4CDE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C239

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

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