#C4C446#C4C446

#C4C446 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.146 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C446
RGB	rgb(196, 196, 70)
HSL	hsl(60, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 64.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.08, -15.54, 60.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.08, 62.78, 104.33°)
OKLab	oklab(79.7% -0.0481 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(79.7% 0.146 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.6118, 51.6590, 13.4670)
Luminance	0.5166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C446 #4646C4

analogous

#C48546 #C4C446 #85C446

triadic

#C4C446 #46C4C4 #C446C4

tetradic

#C4C446 #46C485 #4646C4 #C44685

square

#C4C446 #46C485 #4646C4 #C44685

split-complementary

#C4C446 #4685C4 #8546C4

monochromatic

#6D6D23 #9B9B32 #C4C446 #D3D374 #E2E2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C4C446 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#C4C446 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C446

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C446	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C446	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c446;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 196, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.146 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d580',
    500: '#c4c446',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c446;
$custom-light: #d9d580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c446",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79703,
    "c": 0.14558,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C446

secondary

#383877

accent

#4DDB4D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C446

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

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