#C4CD52#C4CD52

#C4CD52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.146 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4CD52
RGB	rgb(196, 205, 82)
HSL	hsl(64, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(64, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 60%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.62, -19.24, 58.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.62, 61.61, 108.20°)
OKLab	oklab(81.77% -0.0573 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(81.77% 0.146 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.1204, 56.0085, 16.3622)
Luminance	0.5601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4CD52 #5B52CD

analogous

#CD9952 #C4CD52 #87CD52

triadic

#C4CD52 #52C4CD #CD52C4

tetradic

#C4CD52 #52CD99 #5B52CD #CD5287

square

#C4CD52 #52CD99 #5B52CD #CD5287

split-complementary

#C4CD52 #5287CD #9952CD

monochromatic

#798025 #A6AF33 #C4CD52 #D4DB81 #E4E8B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C4CD52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#C4CD52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4CD52

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4CD52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4CD52	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0C2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4cd52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 205, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.146 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8dc88',
    500: '#c4cd52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4cd52;
$custom-light: #d8dc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4cd52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.39,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81765,
    "c": 0.14594,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4CD52

secondary

#413C87

accent

#49DE54

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4CD52

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

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