#C4CD44#C4CD44

#C4CD44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.156 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4CD44
RGB	rgb(196, 205, 68)
HSL	hsl(64, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(64, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 66.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.51, -20.14, 64.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.51, 67.21, 107.44°)
OKLab	oklab(81.64% -0.0612 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(81.64% 0.156 113)
XYZ	xyz(45.6410, 55.8167, 13.8371)
Luminance	0.5582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4CD44 #4D44CD

analogous

#CD9144 #C4CD44 #7FCD44

triadic

#C4CD44 #44C4CD #CD44C4

tetradic

#C4CD44 #44CD91 #4D44CD #CD447F

square

#C4CD44 #44CD91 #4D44CD #CD447F

split-complementary

#C4CD44 #447FCD #9144CD

monochromatic

#717720 #9FA72D #C4CD44 #D3DA74 #E2E7A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C4CD44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#C4CD44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4CD44

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4CD44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4CD44	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)

#DCC430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC64E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4cd44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 205, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.156 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dc7f',
    500: '#c4cd44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4cd44;
$custom-light: #d9dc7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4cd44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.942,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81643,
    "c": 0.15648,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.55816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4CD44

secondary

#3B367F

accent

#47E151

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4CD44

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

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