#C4CC50#C4CC50

#C4CC50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.146 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4CC50
RGB	rgb(196, 204, 80)
HSL	hsl(64, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(64, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 60.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.33, -18.89, 59.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.33, 62.02, 107.73°)
OKLab	oklab(81.53% -0.0565 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(81.53% 0.146 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.8070, 55.5016, 15.8877)
Luminance	0.5550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4CC50 #5850CC

analogous

#CC9650 #C4CC50 #86CC50

triadic

#C4CC50 #50C4CC #CC50C4

tetradic

#C4CC50 #50CC96 #5850CC #CC5086

square

#C4CC50 #50CC96 #5850CC #CC5086

split-complementary

#C4CC50 #5086CC #9650CC

monochromatic

#777D24 #A5AD32 #C4CC50 #D4DA7F #E4E8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#C4CC50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#C4CC50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4CC50

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4CC50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4CC50	1.00	1.74	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC341

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4cc50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 204, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.146 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9db86',
    500: '#c4cc50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4cc50;
$custom-light: #d9db86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4cc50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.871,
    "s": 54.867,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81528,
    "c": 0.14644,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4CC50

secondary

#403B85

accent

#4ADE53

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4CC50

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

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