#C4C439#C4C439

#C4C439 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.154 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C439
RGB	rgb(196, 196, 57)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 70.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.99, -16.25, 65.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.99, 67.67, 103.89°)
OKLab	oklab(79.6% -0.0514 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(79.6% 0.154 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.2449, 51.5123, 11.5350)
Luminance	0.5151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C439 #3939C4

analogous

#C47F39 #C4C439 #7FC439

triadic

#C4C439 #39C4C4 #C439C4

tetradic

#C4C439 #39C47F #3939C4 #C4397F

square

#C4C439 #39C47F #3939C4 #C4397F

split-complementary

#C4C439 #397FC4 #7F39C4

monochromatic

#65651D #95952B #C4C439 #D3D367 #E1E197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C4C439 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#C4C439 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C439

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C439	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C439	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)

#D4BC20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c439;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 196, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.154 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d579',
    500: '#c4c439',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c439;
$custom-light: #d9d579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c439",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79604,
    "c": 0.15431,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C439

secondary

#323270

accent

#4ADE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C439

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

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