#C4C242#C4C242

#C4C242 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.146 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C242
RGB	rgb(196, 194, 66)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.51, -14.77, 61.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.51, 63.58, 103.43°)
OKLab	oklab(79.24% -0.0463 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(79.24% 0.146 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.0416, 50.7140, 12.6747)
Luminance	0.5071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C242 #4244C4

analogous

#C48142 #C4C242 #85C442

triadic

#C4C242 #42C4C2 #C242C4

tetradic

#C4C242 #42C481 #4244C4 #C44285

square

#C4C242 #42C481 #4244C4 #C44285

split-complementary

#C4C242 #4285C4 #8142C4

monochromatic

#6A6921 #999730 #C4C242 #D3D171 #E1E09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C4C242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#C4C242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C242

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C242	1.00	1.88	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 194, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.146 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d47d',
    500: '#c4c242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c242;
$custom-light: #d9d47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.077,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79238,
    "c": 0.14642,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C242

secondary

#363774

accent

#4EDC4C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C242

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

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