#C4C429#C4C429

#C4C429 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 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C429
RGB	rgb(196, 196, 41)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 79.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.91, -16.90, 70.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.91, 72.69, 103.45°)
OKLab	oklab(79.51% -0.0546 0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(79.51% 0.163 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.9068, 51.3770, 9.7540)
Luminance	0.5138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C429 #2929C4

analogous

#C47729 #C4C429 #77C429

triadic

#C4C429 #29C4C4 #C429C4

tetradic

#C4C429 #29C477 #2929C4 #C42977

square

#C4C429 #29C477 #2929C4 #C42977

split-complementary

#C4C429 #2977C4 #7729C4

monochromatic

#5F5F14 #91911E #C4C429 #DADA50 #E5E582

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C4C429 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#C4C429 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C429

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C429	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C429	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)

#D4BB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c429;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 196, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.163 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad571',
    500: '#c4c429',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c429;
$custom-light: #dad571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c429",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 65.401,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79513,
    "c": 0.1627,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C429

secondary

#27276A

accent

#3FE83F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C429

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

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