#C4C449#C4C449

#C4C449 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.143 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C449
RGB	rgb(196, 196, 73)
HSL	hsl(60, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 62.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.10, -15.36, 59.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.10, 61.57, 104.44°)
OKLab	oklab(79.73% -0.0473 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(79.73% 0.143 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.7089, 51.6979, 13.9783)
Luminance	0.5170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C449 #4949C4

analogous

#C48649 #C4C449 #86C449

triadic

#C4C449 #49C4C4 #C449C4

tetradic

#C4C449 #49C486 #4949C4 #C44986

square

#C4C449 #49C486 #4949C4 #C44986

split-complementary

#C4C449 #4986C4 #8649C4

monochromatic

#6F6F24 #9D9D33 #C4C449 #D3D377 #E2E2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C4C449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#C4C449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C449

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C449	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)

#D3BC39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C051

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 196, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.143 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d582',
    500: '#c4c449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c449;
$custom-light: #d9d582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79729,
    "c": 0.14332,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C449

secondary

#393978

accent

#4DDB4D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C449

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →