#C4CD2B#C4CD2B

#C4CD2B 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	#C4CD2B
RGB	rgb(196, 205, 43)
HSL	hsl(63, 65%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(63, 79%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 79%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.37, -21.29, 72.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.37, 75.38, 106.40°)
OKLab	oklab(81.49% -0.0666 0.1571)
OKLCH	oklch(81.49% 0.171 113)
XYZ	xyz(45.0338, 55.5739, 10.6396)
Luminance	0.5557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4CD2B #342BCD

analogous

#CD852B #C4CD2B #73CD2B

triadic

#C4CD2B #2BC4CD #CD2BC4

tetradic

#C4CD2B #2BCD85 #342BCD #CD2B73

square

#C4CD2B #2BCD85 #342BCD #CD2B73

split-complementary

#C4CD2B #2B73CD #852BCD

monochromatic

#636816 #949A20 #C4CD2B #D5DC59 #E2E78C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C4CD2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#C4CD2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4CD2B

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4CD2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4CD2B	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)

#DDC63B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4cd2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 205, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.171 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadc73',
    500: '#c4cd2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4cd2b;
$custom-light: #dadc73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4cd2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.333,
    "s": 65.323,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81488,
    "c": 0.17063,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.55573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4CD2B

secondary

#2E2A72

accent

#40E849

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151509

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4CD2B

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

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