#C4C72B#C4C72B

#C4C72B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.165 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C72B
RGB	rgb(196, 199, 43)
HSL	hsl(61, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(61, 78%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 78.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.73, -18.33, 70.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.73, 73.19, 104.50°)
OKLab	oklab(80.18% -0.0584 0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(80.18% 0.165 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.6260, 52.7583, 10.1703)
Luminance	0.5276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C72B #2E2BC7

analogous

#C77C2B #C4C72B #76C72B

triadic

#C4C72B #2BC4C7 #C72BC4

tetradic

#C4C72B #2BC77C #2E2BC7 #C72B76

square

#C4C72B #2BC77C #2E2BC7 #C72B76

split-complementary

#C4C72B #2B76C7 #7C2BC7

monochromatic

#616215 #929520 #C4C72B #D8DA55 #E3E587

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C4C72B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#C4C72B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C72B

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C72B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C72B	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BE00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2BAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c72b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 199, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.165 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad773',
    500: '#c4c72b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c72b;
$custom-light: #dad773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c72b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.154,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80176,
    "c": 0.16469,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C72B

secondary

#2B296D

accent

#40E744

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C72B

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

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