#C4C435#C4C435

#C4C435 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.157 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C435
RGB	rgb(196, 196, 53)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.97, -16.43, 67.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.97, 69.04, 103.77°)
OKLab	oklab(79.58% -0.0523 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(79.58% 0.157 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.1491, 51.4740, 11.0300)
Luminance	0.5147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C435 #3535C4

analogous

#C47D35 #C4C435 #7DC435

triadic

#C4C435 #35C4C4 #C435C4

tetradic

#C4C435 #35C47D #3535C4 #C4357D

square

#C4C435 #35C47D #3535C4 #C4357D

split-complementary

#C4C435 #357DC4 #7D35C4

monochromatic

#64641B #949428 #C4C435 #D4D462 #E1E192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C4C435 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#C4C435 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C435

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C435	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C435	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)

#D4BC17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c435;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 196, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.157 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad577',
    500: '#c4c435',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c435;
$custom-light: #dad577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c435",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79578,
    "c": 0.15665,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C435

secondary

#2F2F6E

accent

#47E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C435

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

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