#C4CD4A#C4CD4A

#C4CD4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.152 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4CD4A
RGB	rgb(196, 205, 74)
HSL	hsl(64, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(64, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 63.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.55, -19.78, 61.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.55, 64.88, 107.75°)
OKLab	oklab(81.69% -0.0596 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(81.69% 0.152 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.8335, 55.8938, 14.8514)
Luminance	0.5589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4CD4A #534ACD

analogous

#CD944A #C4CD4A #83CD4A

triadic

#C4CD4A #4AC4CD #CD4AC4

tetradic

#C4CD4A #4ACD94 #534ACD #CD4A83

square

#C4CD4A #4ACD94 #534ACD #CD4A83

split-complementary

#C4CD4A #4A83CD #944ACD

monochromatic

#757B22 #A2AB2F #C4CD4A #D4DA7A #E3E7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C4CD4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#C4CD4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4CD4A

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4CD4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4CD4A	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)

#DCC439

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4cd4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 205, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.152 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dc83',
    500: '#c4cd4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4cd4a;
$custom-light: #d9dc83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4cd4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.122,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81692,
    "c": 0.15218,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4CD4A

secondary

#3E3883

accent

#48E052

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4CD4A

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

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