#C4C855#C4C855

#C4C855 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.138 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C855
RGB	rgb(196, 200, 85)
HSL	hsl(62, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(62, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 57.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.29, -16.54, 55.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.29, 58.16, 106.52°)
OKLab	oklab(80.71% -0.0493 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(80.71% 0.138 111)
XYZ	xyz(45.0601, 53.7012, 16.5843)
Luminance	0.5370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C855 #5955C8

analogous

#C89255 #C4C855 #8AC855

triadic

#C4C855 #55C4C8 #C855C4

tetradic

#C4C855 #55C892 #5955C8 #C8558A

square

#C4C855 #55C892 #5955C8 #C8558A

split-complementary

#C4C855 #558AC8 #9255C8

monochromatic

#787B28 #A5A937 #C4C855 #D4D783 #E4E6B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#C4C855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#C4C855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C855

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C855	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0BDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 200, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.138 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d889',
    500: '#c4c855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c855;
$custom-light: #d8d889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.087,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8071,
    "c": 0.13784,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C855

secondary

#403E83

accent

#4DDB52

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C855

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

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