#C4C442#C4C442

#C4C442 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.148 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C442
RGB	rgb(196, 196, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.05, -15.78, 62.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.05, 64.35, 104.19°)
OKLab	oklab(79.67% -0.0492 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(79.67% 0.148 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.4897, 51.6102, 12.8241)
Luminance	0.5161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C442 #4242C4

analogous

#C48342 #C4C442 #83C442

triadic

#C4C442 #42C4C4 #C442C4

tetradic

#C4C442 #42C483 #4242C4 #C44283

square

#C4C442 #42C483 #4242C4 #C44283

split-complementary

#C4C442 #4283C4 #8342C4

monochromatic

#6A6A21 #999930 #C4C442 #D3D371 #E1E19F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C4C442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#C4C442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C442

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C442	1.00	1.85	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.85	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)

#D3BC2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 196, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.148 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d57e',
    500: '#c4c442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c442;
$custom-light: #d9d57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7967,
    "c": 0.14844,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C442

secondary

#363674

accent

#4CDC4C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C442

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

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