#C4C262#C4C262

#C4C262 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.119 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C262
RGB	rgb(196, 194, 98)
HSL	hsl(59, 45%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(59, 50%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 50%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.80, -12.45, 48.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.80, 49.62, 104.53°)
OKLab	oklab(79.57% -0.0363 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(79.57% 0.119 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.2624, 51.2023, 19.1043)
Luminance	0.5120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C262 #6264C4

analogous

#C49162 #C4C262 #95C462

triadic

#C4C262 #62C4C2 #C262C4

tetradic

#C4C262 #62C491 #6264C4 #C46295

square

#C4C262 #62C491 #6264C4 #C46295

split-complementary

#C4C262 #6295C4 #9162C4

monochromatic

#7D7B2F #A9A740 #C4C262 #D5D38E #E5E5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C4C262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#C4C262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C262

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C262	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBB59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BF67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0B8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 194, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.119 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d491',
    500: '#c4c262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c262;
$custom-light: #d8d491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.776,
    "s": 45.37,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79569,
    "c": 0.11914,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C262

secondary

#454685

accent

#55D553

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C262

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

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