#C4C638#C4C638

#C4C638 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.157 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C638
RGB	rgb(196, 198, 56)
HSL	hsl(61, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(61, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 71.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.53, -17.30, 66.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.53, 68.77, 104.57°)
OKLab	oklab(80.03% -0.0544 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(80.03% 0.157 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.6744, 52.4107, 11.5563)
Luminance	0.5241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C638 #3A38C6

analogous

#C68138 #C4C638 #7DC638

triadic

#C4C638 #38C4C6 #C638C4

tetradic

#C4C638 #38C681 #3A38C6 #C6387D

square

#C4C638 #38C681 #3A38C6 #C6387D

split-complementary

#C4C638 #387DC6 #8138C6

monochromatic

#66671D #95962B #C4C638 #D3D467 #E0E297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C4C638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#C4C638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C638

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C638	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)

#D6BD1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2BAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 198, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.157 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d778',
    500: '#c4c638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c638;
$custom-light: #d9d778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.845,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80032,
    "c": 0.1569,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C638

secondary

#323171

accent

#49DF4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C638

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

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