#C4C831#C4C831

#C4C831 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.163 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C831
RGB	rgb(196, 200, 49)
HSL	hsl(62, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(62, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 75.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.03, -18.60, 69.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.03, 71.79, 105.01°)
OKLab	oklab(80.43% -0.0586 0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(80.43% 0.163 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.9751, 53.2673, 10.8703)
Luminance	0.5327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C831 #3531C8

analogous

#C88131 #C4C831 #79C831

triadic

#C4C831 #31C4C8 #C831C4

tetradic

#C4C831 #31C881 #3531C8 #C83179

square

#C4C831 #31C881 #3531C8 #C83179

split-complementary

#C4C831 #3179C8 #8131C8

monochromatic

#646619 #949725 #C4C831 #D4D85F #E2E490

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C4C831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#C4C831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C831

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C831	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)

#D8BF08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C33E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2BBAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 200, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.163 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad875',
    500: '#c4c831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c831;
$custom-light: #dad875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.589,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80425,
    "c": 0.16276,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C831

secondary

#2F2D70

accent

#44E448

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C831

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

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