#C4C338#C4C338

#C4C338 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.154 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C338
RGB	rgb(196, 195, 56)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.71, -15.79, 65.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.71, 67.65, 103.50°)
OKLab	oklab(79.38% -0.0502 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(79.38% 0.154 109)
XYZ	xyz(42.9954, 51.0528, 11.3299)
Luminance	0.5105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C338 #3839C4

analogous

#C47D38 #C4C338 #7FC438

triadic

#C4C338 #38C4C3 #C338C4

tetradic

#C4C338 #38C47D #3839C4 #C4387F

square

#C4C338 #38C47D #3839C4 #C4387F

split-complementary

#C4C338 #387FC4 #7D38C4

monochromatic

#65641D #94942A #C4C338 #D3D266 #E1E096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C4C338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#C4C338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C338

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C338	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5BF42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 195, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.154 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d478',
    500: '#c4c338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c338;
$custom-light: #d9d478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.571,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79381,
    "c": 0.15393,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.51051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C338

secondary

#31316F

accent

#4ADF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C338

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

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