#C4C249#C4C249

#C4C249 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.141 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C249
RGB	rgb(196, 194, 73)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 62.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.56, -14.35, 59.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.56, 60.77, 103.66°)
OKLab	oklab(79.3% -0.0444 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(79.3% 0.141 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.2607, 50.8017, 13.8289)
Luminance	0.5080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C249 #494BC4

analogous

#C48449 #C4C249 #89C449

triadic

#C4C249 #49C4C2 #C249C4

tetradic

#C4C249 #49C484 #494BC4 #C44989

square

#C4C249 #49C484 #494BC4 #C44989

split-complementary

#C4C249 #4989C4 #8449C4

monochromatic

#6F6D24 #9D9B33 #C4C249 #D3D177 #E2E1A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C4C249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#C4C249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C249

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C249	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)

#D1BB3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 194, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.141 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d481',
    500: '#c4c249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c249;
$custom-light: #d9d481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.024,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79297,
    "c": 0.14125,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C249

secondary

#393A78

accent

#50DB4D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C249

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

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