#C4C756#C4C756

#C4C756 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.136 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C756
RGB	rgb(196, 199, 86)
HSL	hsl(62, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(62, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 56.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.03, -15.96, 55.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.03, 57.29, 106.18°)
OKLab	oklab(80.5% -0.0476 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(80.5% 0.136 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.8693, 53.2556, 16.7180)
Luminance	0.5325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C756 #5956C7

analogous

#C79156 #C4C756 #8BC756

triadic

#C4C756 #56C4C7 #C756C4

tetradic

#C4C756 #56C791 #5956C7 #C7568B

square

#C4C756 #56C791 #5956C7 #C7568B

split-complementary

#C4C756 #568BC7 #9156C7

monochromatic

#787A28 #A5A838 #C4C756 #D4D684 #E4E5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C4C756 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#C4C756 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C756

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C756	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C756	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c756;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 199, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.136 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d78a',
    500: '#c4c756',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c756;
$custom-light: #d8d78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c756",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.593,
    "s": 50.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80504,
    "c": 0.13586,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C756

secondary

#403F83

accent

#4EDA52

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C756

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

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