#C4CC49#C4CC49

#C4CC49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.152 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4CC49
RGB	rgb(196, 204, 73)
HSL	hsl(64, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(64, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 64.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.27, -19.35, 61.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.27, 64.86, 107.36°)
OKLab	oklab(81.47% -0.0585 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(81.47% 0.152 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.5617, 55.4035, 14.5959)
Luminance	0.5540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4CC49 #5149CC

analogous

#CC9349 #C4CC49 #83CC49

triadic

#C4CC49 #49C4CC #CC49C4

tetradic

#C4CC49 #49CC93 #5149CC #CC4983

square

#C4CC49 #49CC93 #5149CC #CC4983

split-complementary

#C4CC49 #4983CC #9349CC

monochromatic

#737922 #A1A92F #C4CC49 #D3D979 #E3E7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#C4CC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#C4CC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4CC49

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4CC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4CC49	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC338

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC652

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4cc49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 204, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.152 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9db82',
    500: '#c4cc49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4cc49;
$custom-light: #d9db82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4cc49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.664,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81466,
    "c": 0.15184,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4CC49

secondary

#3D3881

accent

#48E052

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4CC49

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

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