#C4CC3B#C4CC3B

#C4CC3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.161 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4CC3B
RGB	rgb(196, 204, 59)
HSL	hsl(63, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(63, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 71.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.18, -20.13, 67.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.18, 70.06, 106.69°)
OKLab	oklab(81.36% -0.062 0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(81.36% 0.161 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.1486, 55.2383, 12.4205)
Luminance	0.5524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4CC3B #433BCC

analogous

#CC8B3B #C4CC3B #7CCC3B

triadic

#C4CC3B #3BC4CC #CC3BC4

tetradic

#C4CC3B #3BCC8B #433BCC #CC3B7C

square

#C4CC3B #3BCC8B #433BCC #CC3B7C

split-complementary

#C4CC3B #3B7CCC #8B3BCC

monochromatic

#6B701D #9AA02A #C4CC3B #D3D96C #E1E59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#C4CC3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#C4CC3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4CC3B

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4CC3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4CC3B	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC220

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4cc3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 204, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.161 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9db7b',
    500: '#c4cc3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4cc3b;
$custom-light: #d9db7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4cc3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.31,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81359,
    "c": 0.16124,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4CC3B

secondary

#363279

accent

#46E24F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4CC3B

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

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