#C4C838#C4C838

#C4C838 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.159 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C838
RGB	rgb(196, 200, 56)
HSL	hsl(62, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(62, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.07, -18.29, 67.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.07, 69.53, 105.25°)
OKLab	oklab(80.47% -0.0572 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(80.47% 0.159 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.1345, 53.3310, 11.7096)
Luminance	0.5333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C838 #3C38C8

analogous

#C88438 #C4C838 #7CC838

triadic

#C4C838 #38C4C8 #C838C4

tetradic

#C4C838 #38C884 #3C38C8 #C8387C

square

#C4C838 #38C884 #3C38C8 #C8387C

split-complementary

#C4C838 #387CC8 #8438C8

monochromatic

#67691D #96992A #C4C838 #D2D568 #E0E398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C4C838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#C4C838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C838

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C838	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BF1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2BCAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 200, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.159 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d879',
    500: '#c4c838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c838;
$custom-light: #d9d879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.667,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80467,
    "c": 0.15891,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C838

secondary

#333273

accent

#48E04C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C838

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

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