#C4C94E#C4C94E

#C4C94E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.145 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C94E
RGB	rgb(196, 201, 78)
HSL	hsl(62, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(62, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 61.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.50, -17.54, 59.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.50, 61.57, 106.55°)
OKLab	oklab(80.86% -0.0529 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(80.86% 0.145 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.0280, 54.0602, 15.2689)
Luminance	0.5406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C94E #534EC9

analogous

#C9914E #C4C94E #87C94E

triadic

#C4C94E #4EC4C9 #C94EC4

tetradic

#C4C94E #4EC991 #534EC9 #C94E87

square

#C4C94E #4EC991 #534EC9 #C94E87

split-complementary

#C4C94E #4E87C9 #914EC9

monochromatic

#757825 #A2A733 #C4C94E #D4D77D #E3E6AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#C4C94E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#C4C94E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C94E

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C94E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C94E	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C03F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1BDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c94e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 201, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.145 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d985',
    500: '#c4c94e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c94e;
$custom-light: #d9d985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c94e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.439,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80858,
    "c": 0.14473,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C94E

secondary

#3E3B80

accent

#4BDD51

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C94E

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

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