#C4C745#C4C745

#C4C745 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.149 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C745
RGB	rgb(196, 199, 69)
HSL	hsl(61, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 65.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.88, -17.11, 62.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.88, 64.38, 105.41°)
OKLab	oklab(80.34% -0.0526 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(80.34% 0.149 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.2639, 53.0134, 13.5300)
Luminance	0.5301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C745 #4845C7

analogous

#C78945 #C4C745 #83C745

triadic

#C4C745 #45C4C7 #C745C4

tetradic

#C4C745 #45C789 #4845C7 #C74583

square

#C4C745 #45C789 #4845C7 #C74583

split-complementary

#C4C745 #4583C7 #8945C7

monochromatic

#6E7022 #9C9F30 #C4C745 #D3D574 #E2E3A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C4C745 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#C4C745 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C745

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C745	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C745	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c745;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 199, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.149 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d77f',
    500: '#c4c745',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c745;
$custom-light: #d9d77f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c745",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.385,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80344,
    "c": 0.14941,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C745

secondary

#393779

accent

#4BDD4E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C745

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

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