#C4CC3E#C4CC3E

#C4CC3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.159 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4CC3E
RGB	rgb(196, 204, 62)
HSL	hsl(63, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(63, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 69.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.20, -19.97, 66.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.20, 69.00, 106.83°)
OKLab	oklab(81.38% -0.0613 0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(81.38% 0.159 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.2287, 55.2703, 12.8422)
Luminance	0.5527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4CC3E #463ECC

analogous

#CC8D3E #C4CC3E #7DCC3E

triadic

#C4CC3E #3EC4CC #CC3EC4

tetradic

#C4CC3E #3ECC8D #463ECC #CC3E7D

square

#C4CC3E #3ECC8D #463ECC #CC3E7D

split-complementary

#C4CC3E #3E7DCC #8D3ECC

monochromatic

#6D721E #9BA22B #C4CC3E #D3D96E #E2E69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#C4CC3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#C4CC3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4CC3E

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4CC3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4CC3E	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)

#DBC326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC649

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4cc3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 204, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.159 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9db7c',
    500: '#c4cc3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4cc3e;
$custom-light: #d9db7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4cc3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.38,
    "s": 58.197,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8138,
    "c": 0.15939,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4CC3E

secondary

#38347B

accent

#46E14F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4CC3E

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

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