#C4C737#C4C737

#C4C737 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.158 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C737
RGB	rgb(196, 199, 55)
HSL	hsl(61, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(61, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 72.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.79, -17.84, 67.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.79, 69.49, 104.88°)
OKLab	oklab(80.24% -0.056 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(80.24% 0.158 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.8795, 52.8596, 11.5052)
Luminance	0.5286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C737 #3A37C7

analogous

#C78237 #C4C737 #7CC737

triadic

#C4C737 #37C4C7 #C737C4

tetradic

#C4C737 #37C782 #3A37C7 #C7377C

square

#C4C737 #37C782 #3A37C7 #C7377C

split-complementary

#C4C737 #377CC7 #8237C7

monochromatic

#66671C #95972A #C4C737 #D3D566 #E0E296

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C4C737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#C4C737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C737

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C737	1.00	1.81	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.81	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)

#D7BE1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2BAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 199, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.158 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad778',
    500: '#c4c737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c737;
$custom-light: #dad778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.25,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80243,
    "c": 0.15849,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C737

secondary

#323171

accent

#48E04B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C737

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

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