#C4CC55#C4CC55

#C4CC55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.142 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4CC55
RGB	rgb(196, 204, 85)
HSL	hsl(64, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(64, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 58.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.37, -18.53, 56.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.37, 59.90, 108.02°)
OKLab	oklab(81.58% -0.0549 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(81.58% 0.142 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.9986, 55.5783, 16.8971)
Luminance	0.5558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4CC55 #5D55CC

analogous

#CC9955 #C4CC55 #89CC55

triadic

#C4CC55 #55C4CC #CC55C4

tetradic

#C4CC55 #55CC99 #5D55CC #CC5589

square

#C4CC55 #55CC99 #5D55CC #CC5589

split-complementary

#C4CC55 #5589CC #9955CC

monochromatic

#7A8026 #A7AF35 #C4CC55 #D4DA84 #E5E8B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C4CC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#C4CC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4CC55

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4CC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4CC55	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4cc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 204, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.142 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8db89',
    500: '#c4cc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4cc55;
$custom-light: #d8db89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4cc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.034,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81578,
    "c": 0.14232,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4CC55

secondary

#423D88

accent

#4BDD54

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4CC55

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

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