#C4C244#C4C244

#C4C244 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.145 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C244
RGB	rgb(196, 194, 68)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 65.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.52, -14.65, 61.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.52, 62.79, 103.50°)
OKLab	oklab(79.25% -0.0458 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(79.25% 0.145 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.1016, 50.7380, 12.9907)
Luminance	0.5074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C244 #4446C4

analogous

#C48244 #C4C244 #86C444

triadic

#C4C244 #44C4C2 #C244C4

tetradic

#C4C244 #44C482 #4446C4 #C44486

square

#C4C244 #44C482 #4446C4 #C44486

split-complementary

#C4C244 #4486C4 #8244C4

monochromatic

#6C6A22 #9A9931 #C4C244 #D3D173 #E1E0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C4C244 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#C4C244 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C244

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C244	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C244	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c244;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 194, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.145 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d47e',
    500: '#c4c244',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c244;
$custom-light: #d9d47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c244",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.063,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79254,
    "c": 0.14499,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C244

secondary

#373875

accent

#4FDB4C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C244

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

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