#C4C944#C4C944

#C4C944 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.152 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C944
RGB	rgb(196, 201, 68)
HSL	hsl(62, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(62, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 66.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.42, -18.16, 63.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.42, 65.57, 106.08°)
OKLab	oklab(80.77% -0.0557 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(80.77% 0.152 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.6963, 53.9275, 13.5223)
Luminance	0.5393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C944 #4944C9

analogous

#C98C44 #C4C944 #81C944

triadic

#C4C944 #44C4C9 #C944C4

tetradic

#C4C944 #44C98C #4944C9 #C94481

square

#C4C944 #44C98C #4944C9 #C94481

split-complementary

#C4C944 #4481C9 #8C44C9

monochromatic

#6F7221 #9DA12F #C4C944 #D3D773 #E2E4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#C4C944 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#C4C944 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C944

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C944	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C944	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C031

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1BDAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c944;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 201, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.152 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d97f',
    500: '#c4c944',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c944;
$custom-light: #d9d97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c944",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.256,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80771,
    "c": 0.15222,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C944

secondary

#39367B

accent

#49DF4F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C944

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

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