#C4CC53#C4CC53

#C4CC53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.144 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4CC53
RGB	rgb(196, 204, 83)
HSL	hsl(64, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(64, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 59.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.36, -18.68, 57.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.36, 60.75, 107.90°)
OKLab	oklab(81.56% -0.0556 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(81.56% 0.144 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.9203, 55.5469, 16.4846)
Luminance	0.5555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4CC53 #5B53CC

analogous

#CC9853 #C4CC53 #88CC53

triadic

#C4CC53 #53C4CC #CC53C4

tetradic

#C4CC53 #53CC98 #5B53CC #CC5388

square

#C4CC53 #53CC98 #5B53CC #CC5388

split-complementary

#C4CC53 #5388CC #9853CC

monochromatic

#797F26 #A6AE34 #C4CC53 #D4DA82 #E4E8B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C4CC53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#C4CC53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4CC53

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4CC53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4CC53	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC345

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4cc53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 204, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.144 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8db88',
    500: '#c4cc53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4cc53;
$custom-light: #d8db88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4cc53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.967,
    "s": 54.26,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81558,
    "c": 0.14399,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4CC53

secondary

#413D87

accent

#4ADE54

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4CC53

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

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