#C4C845#C4C845

#C4C845 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.150 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C845
RGB	rgb(196, 200, 69)
HSL	hsl(62, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(62, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 65.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.15, -17.61, 62.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.15, 64.78, 105.77°)
OKLab	oklab(80.56% -0.054 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(80.56% 0.15 111)
XYZ	xyz(44.4948, 53.4751, 13.6069)
Luminance	0.5347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C845 #4945C8

analogous

#C88A45 #C4C845 #82C845

triadic

#C4C845 #45C4C8 #C845C4

tetradic

#C4C845 #45C88A #4945C8 #C84582

square

#C4C845 #45C88A #4945C8 #C84582

split-complementary

#C4C845 #4582C8 #8A45C8

monochromatic

#6F7121 #9DA02F #C4C845 #D3D674 #E2E4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C4C845 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#C4C845 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C845

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C845	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C845	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)

#D7BF33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1BCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c845;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 200, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.150 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d880',
    500: '#c4c845',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c845;
$custom-light: #d9d880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c845",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.832,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80562,
    "c": 0.15046,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.53474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C845

secondary

#39377A

accent

#4ADE4F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C845

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

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