#C4CC59#C4CC59

#C4CC59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.139 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4CC59
RGB	rgb(196, 204, 89)
HSL	hsl(64, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(64, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 56.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.41, -18.23, 55.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.41, 58.16, 108.27°)
OKLab	oklab(81.62% -0.0537 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(81.62% 0.139 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.1620, 55.6437, 17.7578)
Luminance	0.5564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4CC59 #6159CC

analogous

#CC9B59 #C4CC59 #8ACC59

triadic

#C4CC59 #59C4CC #CC59C4

tetradic

#C4CC59 #59CC9B #6159CC #CC598A

square

#C4CC59 #59CC9B #6159CC #CC598A

split-complementary

#C4CC59 #598ACC #9B59CC

monochromatic

#7C8328 #A9B136 #C4CC59 #D5DA88 #E5E9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C4CC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#C4CC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4CC59

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4CC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4CC59	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0C1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4cc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 204, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.139 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8db8c',
    500: '#c4cc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4cc59;
$custom-light: #d8db8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4cc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.174,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8162,
    "c": 0.13886,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4CC59

secondary

#443F8A

accent

#4BDC55

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4CC59

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

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