#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
RGB	rgb(196, 196, 55)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.98, -16.34, 66.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.98, 68.36, 103.83°)
OKLab	oklab(79.59% -0.0518 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(79.59% 0.156 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.1960, 51.4927, 11.2774)
Luminance	0.5149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##C4C437	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)

#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

Preview with #C4C437

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

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