#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
RGBrgb(196, 201, 68)
HSLhsl(62, 55%, 53%)
HSVhsv(62, 66%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(2.5%, 0%, 66.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(78.42, -18.16, 63.01)
CIE-LCHlch(78.42, 65.57, 106.08°)
OKLaboklab(80.77% -0.0557 0.1417)
OKLCHoklch(80.77% 0.152 111.4)
XYZxyz(44.6963, 53.9275, 13.5223)
Luminance0.5393 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##C4C9441.001.7811.7911.79
#FFFFFF1.781.0021.0021.00
#00000011.7921.001.001.00
##00000011.7921.001.001.00

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

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#C4C944 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva