#C4C856#C4C856

#C4C856 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.137 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C856
RGB	rgb(196, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(62, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(62, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.30, -16.46, 55.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.30, 57.72, 106.57°)
OKLab	oklab(80.72% -0.049 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(80.72% 0.137 111)
XYZ	xyz(45.1001, 53.7172, 16.7950)
Luminance	0.5372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C856 #5A56C8

analogous

#C89356 #C4C856 #8BC856

triadic

#C4C856 #56C4C8 #C856C4

tetradic

#C4C856 #56C893 #5A56C8 #C8568B

square

#C4C856 #56C893 #5A56C8 #C8568B

split-complementary

#C4C856 #568BC8 #9356C8

monochromatic

#797B28 #A6AA37 #C4C856 #D4D784 #E4E6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#C4C856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#C4C856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C856

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C856	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)

#D6C04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0BDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.137 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d88a',
    500: '#c4c856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c856;
$custom-light: #d8d88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.105,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8072,
    "c": 0.13697,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.53716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C856

secondary

#413F84

accent

#4DDA52

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C856

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

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