#C4C23E#C4C23E

#C4C23E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.149 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C4C23E
RGBrgb(196, 194, 62)
HSLhsl(59, 53%, 51%)
HSVhsv(59, 68%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 1%, 68.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(76.48, -14.99, 63.36)
CIE-LCHlch(76.48, 65.10, 103.31°)
OKLaboklab(79.21% -0.0474 0.1414)
OKLCHoklch(79.21% 0.149 108.5)
XYZxyz(42.9278, 50.6685, 12.0752)
Luminance0.5067 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C4C23E #3E40C4
analogous
#C47F3E #C4C23E #83C43E
triadic
#C4C23E #3EC4C2 #C23EC4
tetradic
#C4C23E #3EC47F #3E40C4 #C43E83
square
#C4C23E #3EC47F #3E40C4 #C43E83
split-complementary
#C4C23E #3E83C4 #7F3EC4
monochromatic
#686720 #97952E #C4C23E #D2D16D #E1E09C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89
#C4C23E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13
#C4C23E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C23E
11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C4C23E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C4C23E1.001.8911.1311.13
#FFFFFF1.891.0021.0021.00
#00000011.1321.001.001.00
##00000011.1321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D2BA29
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D4BF47
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D2B6A8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c4c23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 194, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.149 108.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d47b',
    500: '#c4c23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c4c23e;
$custom-light: #d9d47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c4c23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.104,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79207,
    "c": 0.14916,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C4C23E
secondary
#343572
accent
#4DDD4B
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFBF2
border
#D5D4CC
text
#15140A
muted
#84837D

Preview Lab

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#C4C23E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva