#C4C837#C4C837

#C4C837 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.160 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C837
RGB	rgb(196, 200, 55)
HSL	hsl(62, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(62, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 72.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.06, -18.34, 67.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.06, 69.87, 105.22°)
OKLab	oklab(80.46% -0.0574 0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(80.46% 0.16 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.1103, 53.3213, 11.5821)
Luminance	0.5332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C837 #3B37C8

analogous

#C88337 #C4C837 #7CC837

triadic

#C4C837 #37C4C8 #C837C4

tetradic

#C4C837 #37C883 #3B37C8 #C8377C

square

#C4C837 #37C883 #3B37C8 #C8377C

split-complementary

#C4C837 #377CC8 #8337C8

monochromatic

#66681D #95982A #C4C837 #D2D567 #E0E297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C4C837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#C4C837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C837

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C837	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BF1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2BCAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 200, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.160 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad878',
    500: '#c4c837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c837;
$custom-light: #dad878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.655,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80461,
    "c": 0.1595,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C837

secondary

#333172

accent

#48E04C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C837

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

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