#C4C433#C4C433

#C4C433 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.158 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C433
RGB	rgb(196, 196, 51)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 74%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.95, -16.52, 67.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.95, 69.69, 103.71°)
OKLab	oklab(79.57% -0.0527 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(79.57% 0.158 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.1040, 51.4559, 10.7927)
Luminance	0.5145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C433 #3333C4

analogous

#C47B33 #C4C433 #7BC433

triadic

#C4C433 #33C4C4 #C433C4

tetradic

#C4C433 #33C47B #3333C4 #C4337B

square

#C4C433 #33C47B #3333C4 #C4337B

split-complementary

#C4C433 #337BC4 #7B33C4

monochromatic

#63631A #939326 #C4C433 #D5D55F #E2E28F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C4C433 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#C4C433 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C433

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C433	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C433	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C03F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c433;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 196, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.158 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad576',
    500: '#c4c433',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c433;
$custom-light: #dad576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c433",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79566,
    "c": 0.15777,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C433

secondary

#2E2E6D

accent

#46E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C433

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

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