#C4C535#C4C535

#C4C535 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.158 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C535
RGB	rgb(196, 197, 53)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 73.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.24, -16.93, 67.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.24, 69.41, 104.12°)
OKLab	oklab(79.8% -0.0537 0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(79.8% 0.158 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.3754, 51.9266, 11.1054)
Luminance	0.5192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C535 #3635C5

analogous

#C57E35 #C4C535 #7CC535

triadic

#C4C535 #35C4C5 #C535C4

tetradic

#C4C535 #35C57E #3635C5 #C5357C

square

#C4C535 #35C57E #3635C5 #C5357C

split-complementary

#C4C535 #357CC5 #7E35C5

monochromatic

#64651B #949528 #C4C535 #D4D562 #E1E293

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#C4C535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#C4C535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C535

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C535	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BC17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 197, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.158 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad677',
    500: '#c4c535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c535;
$custom-light: #dad677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.417,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79796,
    "c": 0.15763,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C535

secondary

#302F6F

accent

#47E148

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C535

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

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