#C4C348#C4C348

#C4C348 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.143 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C348
RGB	rgb(196, 195, 72)
HSL	hsl(60, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 63.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.82, -14.92, 59.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.82, 61.58, 104.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.5% -0.0461 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(79.5% 0.143 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.4512, 51.2351, 13.7301)
Luminance	0.5123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C348 #4849C4

analogous

#C48548 #C4C348 #87C448

triadic

#C4C348 #48C4C3 #C348C4

tetradic

#C4C348 #48C485 #4849C4 #C44887

square

#C4C348 #48C485 #4849C4 #C44887

split-complementary

#C4C348 #4887C4 #8548C4

monochromatic

#6E6E23 #9C9C32 #C4C348 #D3D276 #E2E1A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C4C348 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#C4C348 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C348

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C348	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C348	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C050

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c348;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 195, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.143 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d481',
    500: '#c4c348',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c348;
$custom-light: #d9d481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c348",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.516,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79504,
    "c": 0.14305,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C348

secondary

#393978

accent

#4EDB4D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C348

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

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