#C4C749#C4C749

#C4C749 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.146 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C749
RGB	rgb(196, 199, 73)
HSL	hsl(61, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 63.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.91, -16.86, 60.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.91, 62.79, 105.58°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% -0.0515 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.146 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.3923, 53.0648, 14.2061)
Luminance	0.5306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C749 #4C49C7

analogous

#C78B49 #C4C749 #85C749

triadic

#C4C749 #49C4C7 #C749C4

tetradic

#C4C749 #49C78B #4C49C7 #C74985

square

#C4C749 #49C78B #4C49C7 #C74985

split-complementary

#C4C749 #4985C7 #8B49C7

monochromatic

#717223 #9FA132 #C4C749 #D3D578 #E2E4A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C4C749 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#C4C749 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C749

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C749	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C749	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c749;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 199, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.146 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d782',
    500: '#c4c749',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c749;
$custom-light: #d9d782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c749",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.429,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80378,
    "c": 0.14646,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C749

secondary

#3A397B

accent

#4BDC4F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C749

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

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