#C4CC38#C4CC38

#C4CC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.163 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4CC38
RGB	rgb(196, 204, 56)
HSL	hsl(63, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(63, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.16, -20.27, 68.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.16, 71.07, 106.57°)
OKLab	oklab(81.34% -0.0627 0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(81.34% 0.163 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.0730, 55.2081, 12.0225)
Luminance	0.5521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4CC38 #4038CC

analogous

#CC8A38 #C4CC38 #7ACC38

triadic

#C4CC38 #38C4CC #CC38C4

tetradic

#C4CC38 #38CC8A #4038CC #CC387A

square

#C4CC38 #38CC8A #4038CC #CC387A

split-complementary

#C4CC38 #387ACC #8A38CC

monochromatic

#696E1C #989E29 #C4CC38 #D2D869 #E1E599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#C4CC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#C4CC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4CC38

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4CC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4CC38	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)

#DBC21A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4cc38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 204, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.163 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9db79',
    500: '#c4cc38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4cc38;
$custom-light: #d9db79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4cc38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.243,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8134,
    "c": 0.16301,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4CC38

secondary

#353177

accent

#45E24E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4CC38

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

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