#C4CD42#C4CD42

#C4CD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.158 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4CD42
RGB	rgb(196, 205, 66)
HSL	hsl(64, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(64, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.50, -20.25, 64.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.50, 67.95, 107.34°)
OKLab	oklab(81.63% -0.0617 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(81.63% 0.158 113)
XYZ	xyz(45.5810, 55.7927, 13.5212)
Luminance	0.5579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4CD42 #4B42CD

analogous

#CD9042 #C4CD42 #7ECD42

triadic

#C4CD42 #42C4CD #CD42C4

tetradic

#C4CD42 #42CD90 #4B42CD #CD427E

square

#C4CD42 #42CD90 #4B42CD #CD427E

split-complementary

#C4CD42 #427ECD #9042CD

monochromatic

#70761F #9EA62C #C4CD42 #D3DA72 #E2E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C4CD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#C4CD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4CD42

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4CD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4CD42	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC32D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC64C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4cd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 205, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.158 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dc7e',
    500: '#c4cd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4cd42;
$custom-light: #d9dc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4cd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.885,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81628,
    "c": 0.15784,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.55792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4CD42

secondary

#3A357E

accent

#46E150

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4CD42

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

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