#C4C533#C4C533

#C4C533 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.159 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C533
RGB	rgb(196, 197, 51)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 74.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.23, -17.02, 67.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.23, 70.06, 104.06°)
OKLab	oklab(79.78% -0.0541 0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(79.78% 0.159 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.3303, 51.9086, 10.8682)
Luminance	0.5191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C533 #3433C5

analogous

#C57D33 #C4C533 #7BC533

triadic

#C4C533 #33C4C5 #C533C4

tetradic

#C4C533 #33C57D #3433C5 #C5337B

square

#C4C533 #33C57D #3433C5 #C5337B

split-complementary

#C4C533 #337BC5 #7D33C5

monochromatic

#63641A #949426 #C4C533 #D5D65F #E2E290

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C4C533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#C4C533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C533

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C533	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BC11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 197, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.159 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad676',
    500: '#c4c533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c533;
$custom-light: #dad676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.411,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79783,
    "c": 0.15875,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C533

secondary

#2E2E6E

accent

#46E247

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C533

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

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