#C4C738#C4C738

#C4C738 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	#C4C738
RGB	rgb(196, 199, 56)
HSL	hsl(61, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(61, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 71.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.80, -17.79, 66.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.80, 69.15, 104.91°)
OKLab	oklab(80.25% -0.0558 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(80.25% 0.158 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.9037, 52.8693, 11.6327)
Luminance	0.5287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C738 #3B38C7

analogous

#C78338 #C4C738 #7CC738

triadic

#C4C738 #38C4C7 #C738C4

tetradic

#C4C738 #38C783 #3B38C7 #C7387C

square

#C4C738 #38C783 #3B38C7 #C7387C

split-complementary

#C4C738 #387CC7 #8338C7

monochromatic

#66671D #95972B #C4C738 #D2D468 #E0E298

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C4C738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#C4C738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C738

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C738	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)

#D7BE1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2BBAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 199, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.158 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d779',
    500: '#c4c738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c738;
$custom-light: #d9d779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.259,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80249,
    "c": 0.1579,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C738

secondary

#333272

accent

#48DF4C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C738

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

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