#C4C538#C4C538

#C4C538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; 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	#C4C538
RGB	rgb(196, 197, 56)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.25, -16.80, 66.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.25, 68.39, 104.22°)
OKLab	oklab(79.82% -0.053 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(79.82% 0.156 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.4465, 51.9550, 11.4803)
Luminance	0.5195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C538 #3938C5

analogous

#C58038 #C4C538 #7DC538

triadic

#C4C538 #38C4C5 #C538C4

tetradic

#C4C538 #38C580 #3938C5 #C5387D

square

#C4C538 #38C580 #3938C5 #C5387D

split-complementary

#C4C538 #387DC5 #8038C5

monochromatic

#65661D #95952A #C4C538 #D3D467 #E1E196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#C4C538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#C4C538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C538

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C538	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)

#D5BD1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 197, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.156 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d678',
    500: '#c4c538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c538;
$custom-light: #d9d678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.426,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79815,
    "c": 0.15591,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C538

secondary

#323170

accent

#49DF4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C538

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

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