#C4CD55#C4CD55

#C4CD55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.143 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4CD55
RGB	rgb(196, 205, 85)
HSL	hsl(65, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(65, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.65, -19.03, 57.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.65, 60.34, 108.38°)
OKLab	oklab(81.8% -0.0563 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(81.8% 0.143 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.2371, 56.0552, 16.9766)
Luminance	0.5605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4CD55 #5E55CD

analogous

#CD9A55 #C4CD55 #88CD55

triadic

#C4CD55 #55C4CD #CD55C4

tetradic

#C4CD55 #55CD9A #5E55CD #CD5588

square

#C4CD55 #55CD9A #5E55CD #CD5588

split-complementary

#C4CD55 #5588CD #9A55CD

monochromatic

#7B8226 #A7B134 #C4CD55 #D4DB84 #E5E9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C4CD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#C4CD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4CD55

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4CD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4CD55	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0C2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4cd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 205, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.143 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8dc89',
    500: '#c4cd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4cd55;
$custom-light: #d8dc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4cd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81795,
    "c": 0.14345,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4CD55

secondary

#433D89

accent

#4ADE55

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4CD55

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

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