#C4C73A#C4C73A

#C4C73A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.157 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C73A
RGB	rgb(196, 199, 58)
HSL	hsl(61, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(61, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 70.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.81, -17.70, 66.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.81, 68.46, 104.98°)
OKLab	oklab(80.26% -0.0553 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(80.26% 0.157 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.9536, 52.8893, 11.8955)
Luminance	0.5289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C73A #3D3AC7

analogous

#C7843A #C4C73A #7DC73A

triadic

#C4C73A #3AC4C7 #C73AC4

tetradic

#C4C73A #3AC784 #3D3AC7 #C73A7D

square

#C4C73A #3AC784 #3D3AC7 #C73A7D

split-complementary

#C4C73A #3A7DC7 #843AC7

monochromatic

#67691E #96982B #C4C73A #D2D56A #E1E299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C4C73A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#C4C73A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C73A

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C73A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C73A	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BE21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2BBAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c73a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 199, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.157 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d77a',
    500: '#c4c73a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c73a;
$custom-light: #d9d77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c73a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.277,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80262,
    "c": 0.15671,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C73A

secondary

#343273

accent

#49DF4C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C73A

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

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