#C4C635#C4C635

#C4C635 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.159 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C635
RGB	rgb(196, 198, 53)
HSL	hsl(61, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 73.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.51, -17.43, 67.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.51, 69.78, 104.47°)
OKLab	oklab(80.01% -0.055 0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(80.01% 0.159 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.6032, 52.3822, 11.1814)
Luminance	0.5238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C635 #3735C6

analogous

#C68035 #C4C635 #7BC635

triadic

#C4C635 #35C4C6 #C635C4

tetradic

#C4C635 #35C680 #3735C6 #C6357B

square

#C4C635 #35C680 #3735C6 #C6357B

split-complementary

#C4C635 #357BC6 #8035C6

monochromatic

#64651B #949628 #C4C635 #D4D563 #E1E293

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C4C635 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#C4C635 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C635

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C635	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C635	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BD16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c635;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 198, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.159 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad777',
    500: '#c4c635',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c635;
$custom-light: #dad777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c635",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.828,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80013,
    "c": 0.15863,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C635

secondary

#302F70

accent

#47E149

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C635

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

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