#C4C53B#C4C53B

#C4C53B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.154 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C53B
RGB	rgb(196, 197, 59)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 70.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.27, -16.65, 65.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.27, 67.34, 104.32°)
OKLab	oklab(79.83% -0.0523 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(79.83% 0.154 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.5221, 51.9853, 11.8784)
Luminance	0.5198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C53B #3C3BC5

analogous

#C5813B #C4C53B #7FC53B

triadic

#C4C53B #3BC4C5 #C53BC4

tetradic

#C4C53B #3BC581 #3C3BC5 #C53B7F

square

#C4C53B #3BC581 #3C3BC5 #C53B7F

split-complementary

#C4C53B #3B7FC5 #813BC5

monochromatic

#67671F #96962C #C4C53B #D2D36A #E0E199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#C4C53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#C4C53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C53B

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C53B	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 197, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.154 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d67a',
    500: '#c4c53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c53b;
$custom-light: #d9d67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.435,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79835,
    "c": 0.15407,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C53B

secondary

#333371

accent

#4ADE4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C53B

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

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