#C4CD45#C4CD45

#C4CD45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.156 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4CD45
RGB	rgb(196, 205, 69)
HSL	hsl(64, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(64, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 66.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.52, -20.08, 63.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.52, 66.83, 107.49°)
OKLab	oklab(81.65% -0.0609 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(81.65% 0.156 113)
XYZ	xyz(45.6717, 55.8290, 13.9992)
Luminance	0.5583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4CD45 #4E45CD

analogous

#CD9245 #C4CD45 #80CD45

triadic

#C4CD45 #45C4CD #CD45C4

tetradic

#C4CD45 #45CD92 #4E45CD #CD4580

square

#C4CD45 #45CD92 #4E45CD #CD4580

split-complementary

#C4CD45 #4580CD #9245CD

monochromatic

#727720 #A0A82D #C4CD45 #D3DA75 #E3E7A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C4CD45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#C4CD45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4CD45

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4CD45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4CD45	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4cd45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 205, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.156 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dc80',
    500: '#c4cd45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4cd45;
$custom-light: #d9dc80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4cd45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.971,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81651,
    "c": 0.15579,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.55828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4CD45

secondary

#3B3680

accent

#47E151

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4CD45

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

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