#C4CD49#C4CD49

#C4CD49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.153 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4CD49
RGB	rgb(196, 205, 73)
HSL	hsl(64, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(64, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.55, -19.84, 62.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.55, 65.28, 107.69°)
OKLab	oklab(81.68% -0.0599 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(81.68% 0.153 113)
XYZ	xyz(45.8001, 55.8804, 14.6754)
Luminance	0.5588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4CD49 #5249CD

analogous

#CD9449 #C4CD49 #82CD49

triadic

#C4CD49 #49C4CD #CD49C4

tetradic

#C4CD49 #49CD94 #5249CD #CD4982

square

#C4CD49 #49CD94 #5249CD #CD4982

split-complementary

#C4CD49 #4982CD #9449CD

monochromatic

#747A22 #A2AA2F #C4CD49 #D4DA79 #E3E7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C4CD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#C4CD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4CD49

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4CD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4CD49	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4cd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 205, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.153 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dc82',
    500: '#c4cd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4cd49;
$custom-light: #d9dc82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4cd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.091,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81684,
    "c": 0.15293,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.55879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4CD49

secondary

#3D3882

accent

#48E052

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4CD49

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

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