#C4CE2D#C4CE2D

#C4CE2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.171 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4CE2D
RGB	rgb(196, 206, 45)
HSL	hsl(64, 64%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(64, 78%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 78.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.65, -21.70, 72.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.65, 75.20, 106.77°)
OKLab	oklab(81.72% -0.0676 0.1568)
OKLCH	oklch(81.72% 0.171 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.3114, 56.0688, 10.9176)
Luminance	0.5607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4CE2D #372DCE

analogous

#CE882D #C4CE2D #74CE2D

triadic

#C4CE2D #2DC4CE #CE2DC4

tetradic

#C4CE2D #2DCE88 #372DCE #CE2D74

square

#C4CE2D #2DCE88 #372DCE #CE2D74

split-complementary

#C4CE2D #2D74CE #882DCE

monochromatic

#646A17 #949C22 #C4CE2D #D4DC5D #E1E78F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C4CE2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#C4CE2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4CE2D

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4CE2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4CE2D	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)

#DEC400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC73C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ce2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 206, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.171 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadc74',
    500: '#c4ce2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ce2d;
$custom-light: #dadc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ce2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.727,
    "s": 64.143,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81717,
    "c": 0.17073,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4CE2D

secondary

#302C73

accent

#41E74B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF1

border

#D5D5CB

text

#151509

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4CE2D

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

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