#C4C43A#C4C43A

#C4C43A 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	#C4C43A
RGB	rgb(196, 196, 58)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 70.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.99, -16.20, 65.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.99, 67.32, 103.92°)
OKLab	oklab(79.61% -0.0511 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(79.61% 0.154 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.2701, 51.5224, 11.6677)
Luminance	0.5152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C43A #3A3AC4

analogous

#C47F3A #C4C43A #7FC43A

triadic

#C4C43A #3AC4C4 #C43AC4

tetradic

#C4C43A #3AC47F #3A3AC4 #C43A7F

square

#C4C43A #3AC47F #3A3AC4 #C43A7F

split-complementary

#C4C43A #3A7FC4 #7F3AC4

monochromatic

#66661E #95952C #C4C43A #D3D369 #E0E098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C4C43A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#C4C43A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C43A

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C43A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C43A	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)

#D4BC22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c43a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 196, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.154 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d579',
    500: '#c4c43a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c43a;
$custom-light: #d9d579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c43a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79611,
    "c": 0.1537,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C43A

secondary

#323270

accent

#4ADE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C43A

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

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