#C4C428#C4C428

#C4C428 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.163 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C428
RGB	rgb(196, 196, 40)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 80%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 79.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.90, -16.93, 70.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.90, 72.96, 103.42°)
OKLab	oklab(79.51% -0.0547 0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(79.51% 0.163 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.8895, 51.3702, 9.6632)
Luminance	0.5137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C428 #2828C4

analogous

#C47628 #C4C428 #76C428

triadic

#C4C428 #28C4C4 #C428C4

tetradic

#C4C428 #28C476 #2828C4 #C42876

square

#C4C428 #28C476 #2828C4 #C42876

split-complementary

#C4C428 #2876C4 #7628C4

monochromatic

#5E5E13 #91911E #C4C428 #DBDB4E #E5E581

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C4C428 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#C4C428 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C428

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C428	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C428	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)

#D6C037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c428;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 196, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.163 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad571',
    500: '#c4c428',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c428;
$custom-light: #dad571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c428",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 66.102,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79509,
    "c": 0.16314,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C428

secondary

#272769

accent

#3FE93F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C428

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

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