#C4C846#C4C846

#C4C846 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 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C846
RGB	rgb(196, 200, 70)
HSL	hsl(62, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(62, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 65%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.16, -17.55, 61.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.16, 64.39, 105.81°)
OKLab	oklab(80.57% -0.0537 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(80.57% 0.15 111)
XYZ	xyz(44.5261, 53.4876, 13.7718)
Luminance	0.5349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C846 #4A46C8

analogous

#C88B46 #C4C846 #83C846

triadic

#C4C846 #46C4C8 #C846C4

tetradic

#C4C846 #46C88B #4A46C8 #C84683

square

#C4C846 #46C88B #4A46C8 #C84683

split-complementary

#C4C846 #4683C8 #8B46C8

monochromatic

#6F7222 #9DA130 #C4C846 #D3D675 #E2E4A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C4C846 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#C4C846 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C846

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C846	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C846	1.00	1.80	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1BCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c846;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 200, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.150 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d880',
    500: '#c4c846',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c846;
$custom-light: #d9d880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c846",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.846,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8057,
    "c": 0.14974,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.53487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C846

secondary

#39377B

accent

#4ADE4F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C846

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

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