#C4C355#C4C355

#C4C355 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.132 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C355
RGB	rgb(196, 195, 85)
HSL	hsl(59, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 56.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.93, -14.02, 54.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.93, 56.03, 104.49°)
OKLab	oklab(79.63% -0.0422 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(79.63% 0.132 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.9210, 51.4230, 16.2046)
Luminance	0.5142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C355 #5556C4

analogous

#C48B55 #C4C355 #8EC455

triadic

#C4C355 #55C4C3 #C355C4

tetradic

#C4C355 #55C48B #5556C4 #C4558E

square

#C4C355 #55C48B #5556C4 #C4558E

split-complementary

#C4C355 #558EC4 #8B55C4

monochromatic

#767529 #A3A239 #C4C355 #D4D382 #E4E3B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C4C355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#C4C355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C355

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C355	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 195, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.132 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d589',
    500: '#c4c355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c355;
$custom-light: #d8d589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.459,
    "s": 48.472,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79631,
    "c": 0.13239,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C355

secondary

#3F3F7F

accent

#51D850

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C355

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

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