#C4C960#C4C960
#C4C960 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.129 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #C4C960 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(196, 201, 96) |
| HSL | hsl(63, 49%, 58%) |
| HSV | hsv(63, 52%, 79%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 52.2%, 21.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(78.67, -16.16, 51.18) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(78.67, 53.67, 107.53°) |
| OKLab | oklab(81.05% -0.0471 0.1201) |
| OKLCH | oklch(81.05% 0.129 111.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.7639, 54.3545, 19.1448) |
| Luminance | 0.5435 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Greenish Beige
#C9D179
ΔE00 3.53
Greenish Tan
#BCCB7A
ΔE00 5.02
Light Olive
#ACBF69
ΔE00 5.89
Darkkhaki
#BDB76B
ΔE00 6.30
Light Olive Green
#A4BE5C
ΔE00 6.59
Pale Olive
#B9CC81
ΔE00 6.68
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#C4C960 #6560C9
analogous
#C99960 #C4C960 #8FC960
triadic
#C4C960 #60C4C9 #C960C4
tetradic
#C4C960 #60C999 #6560C9 #C9608F
square
#C4C960 #60C999 #6560C9 #C9608F
split-complementary
#C4C960 #608FC9 #9960C9
monochromatic
#7E822C #AAB03C #C4C960 #D5D98E #E6E8BB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.77
#C4C960 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.87
#C4C960 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #C4C960
11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##C4C960 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##C4C960 | 1.00 | 1.77 | 11.87 | 11.87 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.77 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.87 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.87 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D6C156
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D7C466
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CFBEB1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C3C3C3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #c4c960; /* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 201, 96); /* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.129 111.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d8d990',
500: '#c4c960',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #c4c960; $custom-light: #d8d990; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#c4c960",
"rgb": {
"r": 196,
"g": 201,
"b": 96
},
"hsl": {
"h": 62.857,
"s": 49.296,
"l": 58.235
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.81049,
"c": 0.12901,
"h": 111.4
},
"luminance": 0.54354
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#C4C960
secondary
#47438A
accent
#4FD956
background
#FEFEFC
surface
#FCFBF4
border
#D5D4CE
text
#15140D
muted
#84837F