#C4C43B#C4C43B

#C4C43B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.153 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C43B
RGB	rgb(196, 196, 59)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 69.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.00, -16.15, 64.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.00, 66.96, 103.96°)
OKLab	oklab(79.62% -0.0509 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(79.62% 0.153 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.2958, 51.5327, 11.8029)
Luminance	0.5153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C43B #3B3BC4

analogous

#C4803B #C4C43B #80C43B

triadic

#C4C43B #3BC4C4 #C43BC4

tetradic

#C4C43B #3BC480 #3B3BC4 #C43B80

square

#C4C43B #3BC480 #3B3BC4 #C43B80

split-complementary

#C4C43B #3B7FC4 #7F3BC4

monochromatic

#66661F #95952D #C4C43B #D2D26A #E0E099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C4C43B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#C4C43B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C43B

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C43B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C43B	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c43b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 196, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.153 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d57a',
    500: '#c4c43b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c43b;
$custom-light: #d9d57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c43b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79618,
    "c": 0.15307,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C43B

secondary

#333370

accent

#4BDD4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C43B

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

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