#C4C73B#C4C73B

#C4C73B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.156 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C73B
RGB	rgb(196, 199, 59)
HSL	hsl(61, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 70.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.82, -17.65, 65.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.82, 68.11, 105.02°)
OKLab	oklab(80.27% -0.0551 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(80.27% 0.156 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.9793, 52.8996, 12.0308)
Luminance	0.5290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C73B #3E3BC7

analogous

#C7843B #C4C73B #7EC73B

triadic

#C4C73B #3BC4C7 #C73BC4

tetradic

#C4C73B #3BC784 #3E3BC7 #C73B7E

square

#C4C73B #3BC784 #3E3BC7 #C73B7E

split-complementary

#C4C73B #3B7EC7 #843BC7

monochromatic

#68691E #97992C #C4C73B #D2D56B #E1E29A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C4C73B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#C4C73B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C73B

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C73B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C73B	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)

#D7BE22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2BBAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c73b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 199, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.156 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d77a',
    500: '#c4c73b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c73b;
$custom-light: #d9d77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c73b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.286,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80269,
    "c": 0.15609,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C73B

secondary

#343373

accent

#49DF4C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C73B

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

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