#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 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(196, 194, 62) |
| HSL | hsl(59, 53%, 51%) |
| HSV | hsv(59, 68%, 77%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 1%, 68.4%, 23.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(76.48, -14.99, 63.36) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(76.48, 65.10, 103.31°) |
| OKLab | oklab(79.21% -0.0474 0.1414) |
| OKLCH | oklch(79.21% 0.149 108.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(42.9278, 50.6685, 12.0752) |
| Luminance | 0.5067 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 3.07
Vomit Yellow
#C7C10C
ΔE00 3.33
Dirty Yellow
#CDC50A
ΔE00 3.96
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 4.31
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 4.31
Olive Yellow
#C2B709
ΔE00 4.42
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##C4C23E | 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)
#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