#C4C71A#C4C71A

#C4C71A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.171 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C71A
RGB	rgb(196, 199, 26)
HSL	hsl(61, 77%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(61, 87%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 86.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.67, -18.81, 74.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.67, 77.18, 104.11°)
OKLab	oklab(80.11% -0.0608 0.1598)
OKLCH	oklch(80.11% 0.171 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.3765, 52.6585, 8.8563)
Luminance	0.5266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C71A #1D1AC7

analogous

#C7731A #C4C71A #6EC71A

triadic

#C4C71A #1AC4C7 #C71AC4

tetradic

#C4C71A #1AC773 #1D1AC7 #C71A6E

square

#C4C71A #1AC773 #1D1AC7 #C71A6E

split-complementary

#C4C71A #1A6EC7 #731AC7

monochromatic

#595B0C #8F9113 #C4C71A #E2E539 #EAEC6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C4C71A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#C4C71A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C71A

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C71A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C71A	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BE00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C22F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2BAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c71a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 199, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.171 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad76d',
    500: '#c4c71a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c71a;
$custom-light: #dad76d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c71a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.04,
    "s": 76.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8011,
    "c": 0.17097,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C71A

secondary

#201F66

accent

#34F338

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161408

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C71A

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

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