#C4CA1A#C4CA1A

#C4CA1A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.174 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4CA1A
RGB	rgb(196, 202, 26)
HSL	hsl(62, 77%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(62, 87%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 87.1%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.49, -20.29, 75.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.49, 78.19, 105.04°)
OKLab	oklab(80.77% -0.0648 0.1613)
OKLCH	oklch(80.77% 0.174 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.0736, 54.0526, 9.0886)
Luminance	0.5405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4CA1A #201ACA

analogous

#CA781A #C4CA1A #6CCA1A

triadic

#C4CA1A #1AC4CA #CA1AC4

tetradic

#C4CA1A #1ACA78 #201ACA #CA1A6C

square

#C4CA1A #1ACA78 #201ACA #CA1A6C

split-complementary

#C4CA1A #1A6CCA #781ACA

monochromatic

#5B5E0C #8F9413 #C4CA1A #E0E63B #E9ED72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#C4CA1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#C4CA1A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4CA1A

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4CA1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4CA1A	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)

#DAC000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC42F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2BDAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ca1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 202, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.174 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad96d',
    500: '#c4ca1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ca1a;
$custom-light: #dad96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ca1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.045,
    "s": 77.193,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80766,
    "c": 0.17382,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4CA1A

secondary

#221F69

accent

#34F43B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161408

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4CA1A

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

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