#C4C74B#C4C74B

#C4C74B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.145 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C74B
RGB	rgb(196, 199, 75)
HSL	hsl(61, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(61, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 62.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.93, -16.73, 59.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.93, 61.97, 105.67°)
OKLab	oklab(80.4% -0.0509 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(80.4% 0.145 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.4597, 53.0917, 14.5610)
Luminance	0.5309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C74B #4E4BC7

analogous

#C78C4B #C4C74B #86C74B

triadic

#C4C74B #4BC4C7 #C74BC4

tetradic

#C4C74B #4BC78C #4E4BC7 #C74B86

square

#C4C74B #4BC78C #4E4BC7 #C74B86

split-complementary

#C4C74B #4B86C7 #8C4BC7

monochromatic

#727424 #A0A232 #C4C74B #D3D67A #E3E4A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C4C74B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#C4C74B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C74B

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C74B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C74B	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c74b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 199, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.145 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d783',
    500: '#c4c74b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c74b;
$custom-light: #d9d783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c74b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.452,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80396,
    "c": 0.14493,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C74B

secondary

#3B3A7D

accent

#4CDC4F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C74B

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

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