#C4C441#C4C441

#C4C441 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.149 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C441
RGB	rgb(196, 196, 65)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 66.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.04, -15.83, 62.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.04, 64.74, 104.16°)
OKLab	oklab(79.66% -0.0494 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(79.66% 0.149 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.4605, 51.5985, 12.6702)
Luminance	0.5160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C441 #4141C4

analogous

#C48241 #C4C441 #82C441

triadic

#C4C441 #41C4C4 #C441C4

tetradic

#C4C441 #41C482 #4141C4 #C44182

square

#C4C441 #41C482 #4141C4 #C44182

split-complementary

#C4C441 #4182C4 #8241C4

monochromatic

#6A6A21 #98982F #C4C441 #D3D370 #E1E19E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C4C441 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#C4C441 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C441

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C441	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C441	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c441;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 196, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.149 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d57d',
    500: '#c4c441',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c441;
$custom-light: #d9d57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c441",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79662,
    "c": 0.14913,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C441

secondary

#353574

accent

#4CDC4C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C441

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

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