#C4C23A#C4C23A

#C4C23A 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 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C23A
RGB	rgb(196, 194, 58)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 70.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.45, -15.19, 64.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.45, 66.57, 103.19°)
OKLab	oklab(79.18% -0.0483 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(79.18% 0.152 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.8220, 50.6262, 11.5183)
Luminance	0.5062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C23A #3A3CC4

analogous

#C47D3A #C4C23A #81C43A

triadic

#C4C23A #3AC4C2 #C23AC4

tetradic

#C4C23A #3AC47D #3A3CC4 #C43A81

square

#C4C23A #3AC47D #3A3CC4 #C43A81

split-complementary

#C4C23A #3A81C4 #7D3AC4

monochromatic

#66651E #95932C #C4C23A #D3D169 #E0DF98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C4C23A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#C4C23A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C23A

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C23A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C23A	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c23a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 194, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.152 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d479',
    500: '#c4c23a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c23a;
$custom-light: #d9d479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c23a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.13,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79178,
    "c": 0.15172,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C23A

secondary

#323370

accent

#4CDE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C23A

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

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