#C4C949#C4C949

#C4C949 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.149 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C949
RGB	rgb(196, 201, 73)
HSL	hsl(62, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(62, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 63.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.46, -17.86, 61.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.46, 63.61, 106.31°)
OKLab	oklab(80.81% -0.0543 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(80.81% 0.149 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.8555, 53.9912, 14.3605)
Luminance	0.5399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C949 #4E49C9

analogous

#C98E49 #C4C949 #84C949

triadic

#C4C949 #49C4C9 #C949C4

tetradic

#C4C949 #49C98E #4E49C9 #C94984

square

#C4C949 #49C98E #4E49C9 #C94984

split-complementary

#C4C949 #4984C9 #8E49C9

monochromatic

#727523 #A0A431 #C4C949 #D3D778 #E3E5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#C4C949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#C4C949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C949

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C949	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C451

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1BDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 201, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.149 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d982',
    500: '#c4c949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c949;
$custom-light: #d9d982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.344,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80813,
    "c": 0.1486,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C949

secondary

#3B397E

accent

#4ADE50

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C949

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

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