#C4CD57#C4CD57

#C4CD57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.142 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4CD57
RGB	rgb(196, 205, 87)
HSL	hsl(65, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(65, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.66, -18.88, 56.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.66, 59.48, 108.51°)
OKLab	oklab(81.82% -0.0557 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(81.82% 0.142 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.3176, 56.0874, 17.4010)
Luminance	0.5609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4CD57 #6057CD

analogous

#CD9B57 #C4CD57 #89CD57

triadic

#C4CD57 #57C4CD #CD57C4

tetradic

#C4CD57 #57CD9B #6057CD #CD5789

square

#C4CD57 #57CD9B #6057CD #CD5789

split-complementary

#C4CD57 #5789CD #9B57CD

monochromatic

#7C8327 #A8B235 #C4CD57 #D5DB86 #E5E9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C4CD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#C4CD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4CD57

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4CD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4CD57	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC44A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0C2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4cd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 205, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.142 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8dc8b',
    500: '#c4cd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4cd57;
$custom-light: #d8dc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4cd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.576,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81816,
    "c": 0.14175,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4CD57

secondary

#443E8A

accent

#4ADD56

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4CD57

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

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