#C4CD3E#C4CD3E

#C4CD3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.160 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4CD3E
RGB	rgb(196, 205, 62)
HSL	hsl(64, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(64, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 69.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.47, -20.47, 66.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.47, 69.40, 107.15°)
OKLab	oklab(81.6% -0.0627 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(81.6% 0.16 113)
XYZ	xyz(45.4671, 55.7472, 12.9217)
Luminance	0.5575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4CD3E #473ECD

analogous

#CD8E3E #C4CD3E #7DCD3E

triadic

#C4CD3E #3EC4CD #CD3EC4

tetradic

#C4CD3E #3ECD8E #473ECD #CD3E7D

square

#C4CD3E #3ECD8E #473ECD #CD3E7D

split-complementary

#C4CD3E #3E7DCD #8E3ECD

monochromatic

#6D731E #9CA32A #C4CD3E #D3DA6F #E2E69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C4CD3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#C4CD3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4CD3E

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4CD3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4CD3E	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC649

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4cd3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 205, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.160 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dc7c',
    500: '#c4cd3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4cd3e;
$custom-light: #d9dc7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4cd3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.776,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81599,
    "c": 0.16044,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.55746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4CD3E

secondary

#38347C

accent

#46E250

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4CD3E

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

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