#C4C841#C4C841

#C4C841 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.153 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C841
RGB	rgb(196, 200, 65)
HSL	hsl(62, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(62, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 67.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.13, -17.83, 63.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.13, 66.31, 105.60°)
OKLab	oklab(80.53% -0.055 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(80.53% 0.153 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.3748, 53.4271, 12.9749)
Luminance	0.5343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C841 #4541C8

analogous

#C88941 #C4C841 #81C841

triadic

#C4C841 #41C4C8 #C841C4

tetradic

#C4C841 #41C889 #4541C8 #C84181

square

#C4C841 #41C889 #4541C8 #C84181

split-complementary

#C4C841 #4181C8 #8941C8

monochromatic

#6C6F20 #9B9E2E #C4C841 #D3D670 #E1E3A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C4C841 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#C4C841 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C841

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C841	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C841	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1BCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c841;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 200, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.153 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d87d',
    500: '#c4c841',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c841;
$custom-light: #d9d87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c841",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.778,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8053,
    "c": 0.15324,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C841

secondary

#373578

accent

#49DE4E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C841

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

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