#C4C940#C4C940

#C4C940 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.155 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C940
RGB	rgb(196, 201, 64)
HSL	hsl(62, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(62, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.39, -18.38, 64.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.39, 67.08, 105.91°)
OKLab	oklab(80.74% -0.0567 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(80.74% 0.155 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.5784, 53.8803, 12.9012)
Luminance	0.5388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C940 #4540C9

analogous

#C98A40 #C4C940 #80C940

triadic

#C4C940 #40C4C9 #C940C4

tetradic

#C4C940 #40C98A #4540C9 #C94080

square

#C4C940 #40C98A #4540C9 #C94080

split-complementary

#C4C940 #4080C9 #8A40C9

monochromatic

#6C6F1F #9B9F2D #C4C940 #D3D670 #E1E49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#C4C940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#C4C940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C940

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C940	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C02B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1BDAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 201, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.155 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d97d',
    500: '#c4c940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c940;
$custom-light: #d9d97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.19,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8074,
    "c": 0.15495,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C940

secondary

#373578

accent

#49DF4E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C940

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

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