#C4C438#C4C438

#C4C438 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	#C4C438
RGB	rgb(196, 196, 56)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.98, -16.30, 66.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.98, 68.02, 103.86°)
OKLab	oklab(79.6% -0.0516 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(79.6% 0.155 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.2202, 51.5024, 11.4049)
Luminance	0.5150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C438 #3838C4

analogous

#C47E38 #C4C438 #7EC438

triadic

#C4C438 #38C4C4 #C438C4

tetradic

#C4C438 #38C47E #3838C4 #C4387E

square

#C4C438 #38C47E #3838C4 #C4387E

split-complementary

#C4C438 #387EC4 #7E38C4

monochromatic

#65651D #94942A #C4C438 #D3D366 #E1E196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C4C438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#C4C438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C438

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C438	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)

#D4BC1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 196, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.155 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d578',
    500: '#c4c438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c438;
$custom-light: #d9d578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79598,
    "c": 0.15491,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C438

secondary

#31316F

accent

#49DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C438

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

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