#C4C931#C4C931

#C4C931 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.164 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C931
RGB	rgb(196, 201, 49)
HSL	hsl(62, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(62, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 75.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.31, -19.09, 69.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.31, 72.17, 105.34°)
OKLab	oklab(80.64% -0.06 0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(80.64% 0.164 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.2075, 53.7320, 10.9477)
Luminance	0.5373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C931 #3631C9

analogous

#C98231 #C4C931 #78C931

triadic

#C4C931 #31C4C9 #C931C4

tetradic

#C4C931 #31C982 #3631C9 #C93178

square

#C4C931 #31C982 #3631C9 #C93178

split-complementary

#C4C931 #3178C9 #8231C9

monochromatic

#646719 #949825 #C4C931 #D4D85F #E1E490

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#C4C931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#C4C931 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C931

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C931	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C007

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC33E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2BCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 201, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.164 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad975',
    500: '#c4c931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c931;
$custom-light: #dad975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.974,
    "s": 60.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80643,
    "c": 0.16375,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C931

secondary

#302D71

accent

#44E449

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C931

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

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