#C4CC40#C4CC40

#C4CC40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.158 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4CC40
RGB	rgb(196, 204, 64)
HSL	hsl(63, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(63, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.21, -19.87, 65.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.21, 68.28, 106.92°)
OKLab	oklab(81.39% -0.0608 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(81.39% 0.158 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.2846, 55.2927, 13.1365)
Luminance	0.5529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4CC40 #4840CC

analogous

#CC8E40 #C4CC40 #7ECC40

triadic

#C4CC40 #40C4CC #CC40C4

tetradic

#C4CC40 #40CC8E #4840CC #CC407E

square

#C4CC40 #40CC8E #4840CC #CC407E

split-complementary

#C4CC40 #407ECC #8E40CC

monochromatic

#6E731F #9CA32C #C4CC40 #D3D970 #E2E6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#C4CC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#C4CC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4CC40

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4CC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4CC40	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC32A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4cc40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 204, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.158 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9db7d',
    500: '#c4cc40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4cc40;
$custom-light: #d9db7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4cc40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.429,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81394,
    "c": 0.1581,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4CC40

secondary

#39347C

accent

#47E150

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4CC40

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

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