#C4C735#C4C735

#C4C735 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.160 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C735
RGB	rgb(196, 199, 53)
HSL	hsl(61, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 73.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.78, -17.93, 67.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.78, 70.15, 104.81°)
OKLab	oklab(80.23% -0.0564 0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(80.23% 0.16 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.8325, 52.8409, 11.2578)
Luminance	0.5284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C735 #3835C7

analogous

#C78135 #C4C735 #7BC735

triadic

#C4C735 #35C4C7 #C735C4

tetradic

#C4C735 #35C781 #3835C7 #C7357B

square

#C4C735 #35C781 #3835C7 #C7357B

split-complementary

#C4C735 #357BC7 #8135C7

monochromatic

#65661B #949728 #C4C735 #D3D664 #E1E294

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C4C735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#C4C735 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C735

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C735	1.00	1.82	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BE16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2BAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 199, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.160 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad777',
    500: '#c4c735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c735;
$custom-light: #dad777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.233,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8023,
    "c": 0.15962,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C735

secondary

#313071

accent

#47E14A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C735

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

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