#C4CC56#C4CC56

#C4CC56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.141 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4CC56
RGB	rgb(196, 204, 86)
HSL	hsl(64, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(64, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 57.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.38, -18.46, 56.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.38, 59.47, 108.08°)
OKLab	oklab(81.59% -0.0546 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(81.59% 0.141 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.0386, 55.5943, 17.1078)
Luminance	0.5559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4CC56 #5E56CC

analogous

#CC9956 #C4CC56 #89CC56

triadic

#C4CC56 #56C4CC #CC56C4

tetradic

#C4CC56 #56CC99 #5E56CC #CC5689

square

#C4CC56 #56CC99 #5E56CC #CC5689

split-complementary

#C4CC56 #5689CC #9956CC

monochromatic

#7B8127 #A7B035 #C4CC56 #D4DA85 #E5E8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C4CC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#C4CC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4CC56

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4CC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4CC56	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)

#DAC349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0C1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4cc56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 204, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.141 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8db8a',
    500: '#c4cc56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4cc56;
$custom-light: #d8db8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4cc56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.068,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81588,
    "c": 0.14147,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4CC56

secondary

#433E88

accent

#4BDD55

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4CC56

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

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