#C4C331#C4C331

#C4C331 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.158 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C331
RGB	rgb(196, 195, 49)
HSL	hsl(60, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 75%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.67, -16.10, 68.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.67, 69.97, 103.30°)
OKLab	oklab(79.34% -0.0517 0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(79.34% 0.158 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.8361, 50.9891, 10.4906)
Luminance	0.5099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C331 #3132C4

analogous

#C47931 #C4C331 #7BC431

triadic

#C4C331 #31C4C3 #C331C4

tetradic

#C4C331 #31C479 #3132C4 #C4317B

square

#C4C331 #31C479 #3132C4 #C4317B

split-complementary

#C4C331 #317BC4 #7931C4

monochromatic

#626219 #939225 #C4C331 #D6D55C #E2E28D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C4C331 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#C4C331 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C331

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C331	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C331	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5BF3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c331;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 195, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.158 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad475',
    500: '#c4c331',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c331;
$custom-light: #dad475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c331",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.592,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79338,
    "c": 0.15787,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C331

secondary

#2C2D6D

accent

#46E345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C331

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

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