#C4C53A#C4C53A

#C4C53A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.155 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C53A
RGB	rgb(196, 197, 58)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 70.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.27, -16.70, 65.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.27, 67.70, 104.28°)
OKLab	oklab(79.83% -0.0525 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(79.83% 0.155 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.4964, 51.9750, 11.7431)
Luminance	0.5197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C53A #3B3AC5

analogous

#C5813A #C4C53A #7EC53A

triadic

#C4C53A #3AC4C5 #C53AC4

tetradic

#C4C53A #3AC581 #3B3AC5 #C53A7E

square

#C4C53A #3AC581 #3B3AC5 #C53A7E

split-complementary

#C4C53A #3A7EC5 #813AC5

monochromatic

#66661E #95962C #C4C53A #D2D369 #E0E199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#C4C53A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#C4C53A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C53A

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C53A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C53A	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)

#D5BD21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c53a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 197, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.155 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d679',
    500: '#c4c53a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c53a;
$custom-light: #d9d679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c53a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.432,
    "s": 54.51,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79828,
    "c": 0.1547,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C53A

secondary

#333271

accent

#4ADE4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C53A

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

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