#C4C72C#C4C72C

#C4C72C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.164 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C72C
RGB	rgb(196, 199, 44)
HSL	hsl(61, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(61, 78%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 77.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.74, -18.29, 70.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.74, 72.91, 104.53°)
OKLab	oklab(80.18% -0.0582 0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(80.18% 0.164 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.6446, 52.7657, 10.2681)
Luminance	0.5276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C72C #2F2CC7

analogous

#C77C2C #C4C72C #77C72C

triadic

#C4C72C #2CC4C7 #C72CC4

tetradic

#C4C72C #2CC77C #2F2CC7 #C72C77

square

#C4C72C #2CC77C #2F2CC7 #C72C77

split-complementary

#C4C72C #2C77C7 #7C2CC7

monochromatic

#616316 #939521 #C4C72C #D7DA56 #E3E589

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C4C72C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#C4C72C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C72C

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C72C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C72C	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)

#D8C23A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2BAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c72c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 199, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.164 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad773',
    500: '#c4c72c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c72c;
$custom-light: #dad773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c72c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.161,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80181,
    "c": 0.16422,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C72C

secondary

#2B2A6D

accent

#41E744

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C72C

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

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