#C4C436#C4C436

#C4C436 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.156 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C436
RGB	rgb(196, 196, 54)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.97, -16.39, 66.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.97, 68.70, 103.80°)
OKLab	oklab(79.58% -0.052 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(79.58% 0.156 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.1723, 51.4833, 11.1524)
Luminance	0.5148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C436 #3636C4

analogous

#C47D36 #C4C436 #7DC436

triadic

#C4C436 #36C4C4 #C436C4

tetradic

#C4C436 #36C47D #3636C4 #C4367D

square

#C4C436 #36C47D #3636C4 #C4367D

split-complementary

#C4C436 #367DC4 #7D36C4

monochromatic

#64641C #949429 #C4C436 #D4D463 #E1E193

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C4C436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#C4C436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C436

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C436	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 196, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.156 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad577',
    500: '#c4c436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c436;
$custom-light: #dad577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79585,
    "c": 0.15608,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C436

secondary

#30306F

accent

#48E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C436

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

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