#C4CD4E#C4CD4E

#C4CD4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.149 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4CD4E
RGB	rgb(196, 205, 78)
HSL	hsl(64, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(64, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 62%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.58, -19.52, 60.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.58, 63.27, 107.97°)
OKLab	oklab(81.73% -0.0585 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(81.73% 0.149 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.9726, 55.9494, 15.5838)
Luminance	0.5595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4CD4E #574ECD

analogous

#CD964E #C4CD4E #84CD4E

triadic

#C4CD4E #4EC4CD #CD4EC4

tetradic

#C4CD4E #4ECD96 #574ECD #CD4E84

square

#C4CD4E #4ECD96 #574ECD #CD4E84

split-complementary

#C4CD4E #4E84CD #964ECD

monochromatic

#777D23 #A4AD31 #C4CD4E #D4DA7E #E4E8AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C4CD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#C4CD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4CD4E

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4CD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4CD4E	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC43E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4cd4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 205, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.149 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dc85',
    500: '#c4cd4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4cd4e;
$custom-light: #d9dc85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4cd4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.252,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81728,
    "c": 0.14914,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4CD4E

secondary

#3F3A85

accent

#49DF53

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4CD4E

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

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