#C4C248#C4C248

#C4C248 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.142 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C248
RGB	rgb(196, 194, 72)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 63.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.55, -14.41, 59.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.55, 61.18, 103.62°)
OKLab	oklab(79.29% -0.0447 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(79.29% 0.142 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.2279, 50.7885, 13.6557)
Luminance	0.5079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C248 #484AC4

analogous

#C48448 #C4C248 #88C448

triadic

#C4C248 #48C4C2 #C248C4

tetradic

#C4C248 #48C484 #484AC4 #C44888

square

#C4C248 #48C484 #484AC4 #C44888

split-complementary

#C4C248 #4888C4 #8448C4

monochromatic

#6E6D23 #9C9B32 #C4C248 #D3D176 #E2E1A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C4C248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#C4C248 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C248

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C248	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 194, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.142 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d481',
    500: '#c4c248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c248;
$custom-light: #d9d481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.032,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79288,
    "c": 0.14202,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C248

secondary

#393A78

accent

#4FDB4D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C248

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

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