#C4CD59#C4CD59

#C4CD59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.140 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4CD59
RGB	rgb(196, 205, 89)
HSL	hsl(65, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(65, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.68, -18.72, 55.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.68, 58.61, 108.63°)
OKLab	oklab(81.84% -0.0551 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(81.84% 0.14 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.4005, 56.1205, 17.8373)
Luminance	0.5612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4CD59 #6259CD

analogous

#CD9C59 #C4CD59 #8ACD59

triadic

#C4CD59 #59C4CD #CD59C4

tetradic

#C4CD59 #59CD9C #6259CD #CD598A

square

#C4CD59 #59CD9C #6259CD #CD598A

split-complementary

#C4CD59 #598ACD #9C59CD

monochromatic

#7D8428 #A9B336 #C4CD59 #D5DB88 #E5E9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C4CD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#C4CD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4CD59

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4CD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4CD59	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)

#DBC44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0C2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4cd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 205, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.140 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8dc8c',
    500: '#c4cd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4cd59;
$custom-light: #d8dc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4cd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.655,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81837,
    "c": 0.14001,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4CD59

secondary

#453F8B

accent

#4BDD56

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4CD59

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

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