#C4CC36#C4CC36

#C4CC36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.164 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4CC36
RGB	rgb(196, 204, 54)
HSL	hsl(63, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(63, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 73.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.15, -20.36, 68.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.15, 71.73, 106.49°)
OKLab	oklab(81.33% -0.0631 0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(81.33% 0.164 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.0251, 55.1889, 11.7700)
Luminance	0.5519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4CC36 #3E36CC

analogous

#CC8936 #C4CC36 #79CC36

triadic

#C4CC36 #36C4CC #CC36C4

tetradic

#C4CC36 #36CC89 #3E36CC #CC3679

square

#C4CC36 #36CC89 #3E36CC #CC3679

split-complementary

#C4CC36 #3679CC #8936CC

monochromatic

#686C1B #979D28 #C4CC36 #D2D867 #E1E598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#C4CC36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#C4CC36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4CC36

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4CC36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4CC36	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC215

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4cc36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 204, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.164 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadb78',
    500: '#c4cc36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4cc36;
$custom-light: #dadb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4cc36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.2,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81328,
    "c": 0.16413,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4CC36

secondary

#343076

accent

#45E34E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4CC36

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

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