#C4C23B#C4C23B

#C4C23B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.151 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C23B
RGB	rgb(196, 194, 59)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 69.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.46, -15.14, 64.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.46, 66.21, 103.22°)
OKLab	oklab(79.19% -0.0481 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(79.19% 0.151 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.8477, 50.6364, 11.6536)
Luminance	0.5063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C23B #3B3DC4

analogous

#C47D3B #C4C23B #82C43B

triadic

#C4C23B #3BC4C2 #C23BC4

tetradic

#C4C23B #3BC47D #3B3DC4 #C43B82

square

#C4C23B #3BC47D #3B3DC4 #C43B82

split-complementary

#C4C23B #3B82C4 #7D3BC4

monochromatic

#66651F #95932D #C4C23B #D2D16A #E0DF99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C4C23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#C4C23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C23B

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C23B	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)

#D2BA24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 194, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.151 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d47a',
    500: '#c4c23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c23b;
$custom-light: #d9d47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.124,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79185,
    "c": 0.1511,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C23B

secondary

#333470

accent

#4DDD4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C23B

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

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