#C4CD28#C4CD28

#C4CD28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.172 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4CD28
RGB	rgb(196, 205, 40)
HSL	hsl(63, 67%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(63, 80%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 80.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.36, -21.39, 73.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.36, 76.17, 106.31°)
OKLab	oklab(81.47% -0.067 0.1583)
OKLCH	oklch(81.47% 0.172 113)
XYZ	xyz(44.9808, 55.5527, 10.3603)
Luminance	0.5555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4CD28 #3128CD

analogous

#CD8428 #C4CD28 #71CD28

triadic

#C4CD28 #28C4CD #CD28C4

tetradic

#C4CD28 #28CD84 #3128CD #CD2871

square

#C4CD28 #28CD84 #3128CD #CD2871

split-complementary

#C4CD28 #2871CD #8428CD

monochromatic

#626714 #939A1E #C4CD28 #D6DE54 #E2E888

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C4CD28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#C4CD28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4CD28

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4CD28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4CD28	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)

#DDC300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4cd28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 205, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.172 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadc72',
    500: '#c4cd28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4cd28;
$custom-light: #dadc72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4cd28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.273,
    "s": 67.347,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81474,
    "c": 0.17191,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.55552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4CD28

secondary

#2C2871

accent

#3EEA47

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151509

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4CD28

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

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