#C4C537#C4C537

#C4C537 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.156 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C537
RGB	rgb(196, 197, 55)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 72.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.25, -16.84, 66.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.25, 68.73, 104.18°)
OKLab	oklab(79.81% -0.0532 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(79.81% 0.156 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.4223, 51.9454, 11.3528)
Luminance	0.5194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C537 #3837C5

analogous

#C57F37 #C4C537 #7DC537

triadic

#C4C537 #37C4C5 #C537C4

tetradic

#C4C537 #37C57F #3837C5 #C5377D

square

#C4C537 #37C57F #3837C5 #C5377D

split-complementary

#C4C537 #377DC5 #7F37C5

monochromatic

#65651C #94952A #C4C537 #D3D465 #E1E195

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#C4C537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#C4C537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C537

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C537	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)

#D5BD1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 197, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.156 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d678',
    500: '#c4c537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c537;
$custom-light: #d9d678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.423,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79808,
    "c": 0.15649,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C537

secondary

#313170

accent

#48E049

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C537

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

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