#C4C62A#C4C62A

#C4C62A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.164 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C62A
RGB	rgb(196, 198, 42)
HSL	hsl(61, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(61, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 78.8%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.46, -17.86, 70.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.46, 73.12, 104.14°)
OKLab	oklab(79.95% -0.0572 0.1539)
OKLCH	oklch(79.95% 0.164 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.3786, 52.2924, 9.9984)
Luminance	0.5229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C62A #2C2AC6

analogous

#C67A2A #C4C62A #76C62A

triadic

#C4C62A #2AC4C6 #C62AC4

tetradic

#C4C62A #2AC67A #2C2AC6 #C62A76

square

#C4C62A #2AC67A #2C2AC6 #C62A76

split-complementary

#C4C62A #2A76C6 #7A2AC6

monochromatic

#606115 #92941F #C4C62A #D9DA53 #E4E585

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C4C62A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#C4C62A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C62A

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C62A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C62A	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BD00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c62a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 198, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.164 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad772',
    500: '#c4c62a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c62a;
$custom-light: #dad772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c62a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.769,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79953,
    "c": 0.16417,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C62A

secondary

#29286C

accent

#40E842

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C62A

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

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