#C4C437#C4C437

#C4C437 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.155 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C4C437
RGBrgb(196, 196, 55)
HSLhsl(60, 56%, 49%)
HSVhsv(60, 72%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 0%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(76.98, -16.34, 66.38)
CIE-LCHlch(76.98, 68.36, 103.83°)
OKLaboklab(79.59% -0.0518 0.1466)
OKLCHoklch(79.59% 0.156 109.5)
XYZxyz(43.1960, 51.4927, 11.2774)
Luminance0.5149 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C4C437 #3737C4
analogous
#C47E37 #C4C437 #7EC437
triadic
#C4C437 #37C4C4 #C437C4
tetradic
#C4C437 #37C47E #3737C4 #C4377E
square
#C4C437 #37C47E #3737C4 #C4377E
split-complementary
#C4C437 #377EC4 #7E37C4
monochromatic
#64641C #94942A #C4C437 #D4D465 #E1E194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86
#C4C437 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30
#C4C437 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C437
11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C4C437#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C4C4371.001.8611.3011.30
#FFFFFF1.861.0021.0021.00
#00000011.3021.001.001.00
##00000011.3021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D4BC1C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D6C042
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D2B7A9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c4c437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 196, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.155 109.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d578',
    500: '#c4c437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c4c437;
$custom-light: #d9d578;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c4c437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79591,
    "c": 0.1555,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C4C437
secondary
#30306F
accent
#48DF48
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFBF1
border
#D5D4CB
text
#151409
muted
#84837D

Preview Lab

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#C4C437 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva