#C4C918#C4C918

#C4C918 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.173 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C918
RGB	rgb(196, 201, 24)
HSL	hsl(62, 79%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(62, 88%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 88.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.21, -19.84, 75.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.21, 78.21, 104.69°)
OKLab	oklab(80.54% -0.0637 0.1613)
OKLCH	oklch(80.54% 0.173 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.8181, 53.5762, 8.8970)
Luminance	0.5357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C918 #1D18C9

analogous

#C97618 #C4C918 #6CC918

triadic

#C4C918 #18C4C9 #C918C4

tetradic

#C4C918 #18C976 #1D18C9 #C9186C

square

#C4C918 #18C976 #1D18C9 #C9186C

split-complementary

#C4C918 #186CC9 #7618C9

monochromatic

#595C0B #8F9211 #C4C918 #E2E737 #EAEE6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#C4C918 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#C4C918 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C918

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C918	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C918	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9BF00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC32E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2BCAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c918;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 201, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.173 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad96c',
    500: '#c4c918',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c918;
$custom-light: #dad96c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c918",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.695,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80541,
    "c": 0.17342,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C918

secondary

#201E67

accent

#33F538

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161408

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C918

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

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