#C4C74C#C4C74C

#C4C74C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.144 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C74C
RGB	rgb(196, 199, 76)
HSL	hsl(61, 52%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(61, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 61.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.94, -16.67, 59.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.94, 61.56, 105.71°)
OKLab	oklab(80.41% -0.0506 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(80.41% 0.144 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.4942, 53.1055, 14.7426)
Luminance	0.5310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C74C #4F4CC7

analogous

#C78D4C #C4C74C #87C74C

triadic

#C4C74C #4CC4C7 #C74CC4

tetradic

#C4C74C #4CC78D #4F4CC7 #C74C87

square

#C4C74C #4CC78D #4F4CC7 #C74C87

split-complementary

#C4C74C #4C87C7 #8D4CC7

monochromatic

#727424 #A0A333 #C4C74C #D3D67B #E3E4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C4C74C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#C4C74C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C74C

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C74C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C74C	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)

#D6BF3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C254

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c74c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 199, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.144 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d784',
    500: '#c4c74c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c74c;
$custom-light: #d9d784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c74c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.463,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80405,
    "c": 0.14416,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C74C

secondary

#3C3A7D

accent

#4CDC50

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C74C

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

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