#C4CB45#C4CB45

#C4CB45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.154 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4CB45
RGB	rgb(196, 203, 69)
HSL	hsl(63, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(63, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 66%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.97, -19.09, 63.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.97, 66.00, 106.82°)
OKLab	oklab(81.21% -0.0582 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(81.21% 0.154 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.1964, 54.8783, 13.8408)
Luminance	0.5488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4CB45 #4C45CB

analogous

#CB8F45 #C4CB45 #81CB45

triadic

#C4CB45 #45C4CB #CB45C4

tetradic

#C4CB45 #45CB8F #4C45CB #CB4581

square

#C4CB45 #45CB8F #4C45CB #CB4581

split-complementary

#C4CB45 #4581CB #8F45CB

monochromatic

#717521 #9FA52E #C4CB45 #D3D875 #E2E6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#C4CB45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#C4CB45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4CB45

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4CB45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4CB45	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC54E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4cb45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 203, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.154 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9da80',
    500: '#c4cb45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4cb45;
$custom-light: #d9da80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4cb45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.134,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81214,
    "c": 0.15364,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4CB45

secondary

#3A377E

accent

#48E050

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4CB45

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

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