#C4CC45#C4CC45

#C4CC45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.155 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4CC45
RGB	rgb(196, 204, 69)
HSL	hsl(64, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(64, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 66.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.24, -19.59, 63.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.24, 66.42, 107.15°)
OKLab	oklab(81.43% -0.0596 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(81.43% 0.155 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.4333, 55.3522, 13.9198)
Luminance	0.5535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4CC45 #4D45CC

analogous

#CC9145 #C4CC45 #80CC45

triadic

#C4CC45 #45C4CC #CC45C4

tetradic

#C4CC45 #45CC91 #4D45CC #CC4580

square

#C4CC45 #45CC91 #4D45CC #CC4580

split-complementary

#C4CC45 #4580CC #9145CC

monochromatic

#717620 #9FA62E #C4CC45 #D3D975 #E2E6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#C4CC45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#C4CC45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4CC45

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4CC45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4CC45	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4cc45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 204, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.155 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9db80',
    500: '#c4cc45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4cc45;
$custom-light: #d9db80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4cc45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.556,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81433,
    "c": 0.15471,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4CC45

secondary

#3B367F

accent

#48E051

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4CC45

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

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