#C4CD2A#C4CD2A

#C4CD2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.171 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4CD2A
RGB	rgb(196, 205, 42)
HSL	hsl(63, 66%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(63, 80%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 79.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.37, -21.32, 72.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.37, 75.65, 106.37°)
OKLab	oklab(81.48% -0.0667 0.1575)
OKLCH	oklch(81.48% 0.171 113)
XYZ	xyz(45.0157, 55.5666, 10.5441)
Luminance	0.5557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4CD2A #332ACD

analogous

#CD842A #C4CD2A #72CD2A

triadic

#C4CD2A #2AC4CD #CD2AC4

tetradic

#C4CD2A #2ACD84 #332ACD #CD2A72

square

#C4CD2A #2ACD84 #332ACD #CD2A72

split-complementary

#C4CD2A #2A72CD #842ACD

monochromatic

#636715 #939A20 #C4CD2A #D5DD58 #E2E78A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C4CD2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#C4CD2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4CD2A

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4CD2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4CD2A	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)

#DDC63A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4cd2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 205, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.171 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadc73',
    500: '#c4cd2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4cd2a;
$custom-light: #dadc73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4cd2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.313,
    "s": 65.992,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81483,
    "c": 0.17106,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.55566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4CD2A

secondary

#2E2A71

accent

#3FE948

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151509

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4CD2A

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

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