#C4C448#C4C448

#C4C448 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.144 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C448
RGB	rgb(196, 196, 72)
HSL	hsl(60, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 63.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.09, -15.42, 60.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.09, 61.98, 104.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.72% -0.0475 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(79.72% 0.144 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.6760, 51.6847, 13.8051)
Luminance	0.5168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C448 #4848C4

analogous

#C48648 #C4C448 #86C448

triadic

#C4C448 #48C4C4 #C448C4

tetradic

#C4C448 #48C486 #4848C4 #C44886

square

#C4C448 #48C486 #4848C4 #C44886

split-complementary

#C4C448 #4886C4 #8648C4

monochromatic

#6E6E23 #9C9C32 #C4C448 #D3D376 #E2E2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C4C448 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#C4C448 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C448

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C448	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C448	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C050

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c448;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 196, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.144 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d581',
    500: '#c4c448',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c448;
$custom-light: #d9d581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c448",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7972,
    "c": 0.14408,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C448

secondary

#393978

accent

#4DDB4D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C448

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

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