#C4C426#C4C426

#C4C426 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.164 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C426
RGB	rgb(196, 196, 38)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 81%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 80.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.89, -17.00, 71.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.89, 73.49, 103.38°)
OKLab	oklab(79.5% -0.055 0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(79.5% 0.164 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.8564, 51.3569, 9.4887)
Luminance	0.5136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C426 #2626C4

analogous

#C47526 #C4C426 #75C426

triadic

#C4C426 #26C4C4 #C426C4

tetradic

#C4C426 #26C475 #2626C4 #C42675

square

#C4C426 #26C475 #2626C4 #C42675

split-complementary

#C4C426 #2675C4 #7526C4

monochromatic

#5D5D12 #91911C #C4C426 #DCDC4B #E6E67E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C4C426 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#C4C426 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C426

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C426	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C426	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c426;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 196, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.164 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad570',
    500: '#c4c426',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c426;
$custom-light: #dad570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c426",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.795,
    "c": 0.16399,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C426

secondary

#252569

accent

#3DEA3D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151408

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C426

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

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