#C1CD42#C1CD42

#C1CD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.159 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1CD42
RGB	rgb(193, 205, 66)
HSL	hsl(65, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(65, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.27, -21.49, 64.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.27, 68.05, 108.41°)
OKLab	oklab(81.39% -0.065 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(81.39% 0.159 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.8082, 55.3943, 13.4849)
Luminance	0.5539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1CD42 #4E42CD

analogous

#CD9342 #C1CD42 #7BCD42

triadic

#C1CD42 #42C1CD #CD42C1

tetradic

#C1CD42 #42CD93 #4E42CD #CD427B

square

#C1CD42 #42CD93 #4E42CD #CD427B

split-complementary

#C1CD42 #427BCD #9342CD

monochromatic

#6E761F #9BA62C #C1CD42 #D1DA72 #E1E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#C1CD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#C1CD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1CD42

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1CD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1CD42	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC32D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDC1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1cd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 205, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.159 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7dc7e',
    500: '#c1cd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1cd42;
$custom-light: #d7dc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1cd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.18,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81389,
    "c": 0.15865,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1CD42

secondary

#3B357E

accent

#46E154

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1CD42

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

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