#C4C853#C4C853

#C4C853 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.140 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C853
RGB	rgb(196, 200, 83)
HSL	hsl(62, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(62, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 58.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.27, -16.69, 56.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.27, 59.02, 106.42°)
OKLab	oklab(80.69% -0.0499 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(80.69% 0.14 111)
XYZ	xyz(44.9818, 53.6699, 16.1717)
Luminance	0.5367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C853 #5753C8

analogous

#C89153 #C4C853 #8AC853

triadic

#C4C853 #53C4C8 #C853C4

tetradic

#C4C853 #53C891 #5753C8 #C8538A

square

#C4C853 #53C891 #5753C8 #C8538A

split-complementary

#C4C853 #538AC8 #9153C8

monochromatic

#777A27 #A4A836 #C4C853 #D4D781 #E4E6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#C4C853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#C4C853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C853

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C853	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0BDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 200, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.140 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d888',
    500: '#c4c853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c853;
$custom-light: #d8d888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.051,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80689,
    "c": 0.13955,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.53669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C853

secondary

#3F3D82

accent

#4DDB52

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C853

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

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