#C4C679#C4C679

#C4C679 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.099 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C679
RGB	rgb(196, 198, 121)
HSL	hsl(62, 40%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(62, 39%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 38.9%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.17, -12.19, 38.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.17, 40.23, 107.63°)
OKLab	oklab(80.76% -0.0335 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(80.76% 0.099 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.4108, 53.5053, 25.9681)
Luminance	0.5350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C679 #7B79C6

analogous

#C6A179 #C4C679 #9EC679

triadic

#C4C679 #79C4C6 #C679C4

tetradic

#C4C679 #79C6A1 #7B79C6 #C6799E

square

#C4C679 #79C6A1 #7B79C6 #C6799E

split-complementary

#C4C679 #799EC6 #A179C6

monochromatic

#888A3B #B1B44E #C4C679 #D7D8A4 #EAEBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#C4C679 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#C4C679 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C679

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C679	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C679	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C073

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C37C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEBDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c679;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 198, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.099 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7d7a1',
    500: '#c4c679',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c679;
$custom-light: #d7d7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c679",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.558,
    "s": 40.314,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80756,
    "c": 0.09929,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C679

secondary

#535292

accent

#32B336

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140F

muted

#838380

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C679

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

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