#C4CD56#C4CD56

#C4CD56 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	#C4CD56
RGB	rgb(196, 205, 86)
HSL	hsl(65, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(65, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.65, -18.95, 56.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.65, 59.91, 108.44°)
OKLab	oklab(81.81% -0.056 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(81.81% 0.143 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.2771, 56.0712, 17.1873)
Luminance	0.5607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4CD56 #5F56CD

analogous

#CD9B56 #C4CD56 #89CD56

triadic

#C4CD56 #56C4CD #CD56C4

tetradic

#C4CD56 #56CD9B #5F56CD #CD5689

square

#C4CD56 #56CD9B #5F56CD #CD5689

split-complementary

#C4CD56 #5689CD #9B56CD

monochromatic

#7B8226 #A8B134 #C4CD56 #D4DB85 #E5E9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C4CD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#C4CD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4CD56

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4CD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4CD56	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)

#DBC449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0C2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4cd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 205, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.143 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8dc8a',
    500: '#c4cd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4cd56;
$custom-light: #d8dc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4cd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.538,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81805,
    "c": 0.1426,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4CD56

secondary

#433E89

accent

#4ADE55

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4CD56

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

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