#C4CE31#C4CE31

#C4CE31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.169 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4CE31
RGB	rgb(196, 206, 49)
HSL	hsl(64, 62%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(64, 76%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 76.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.67, -21.55, 70.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.67, 74.05, 106.92°)
OKLab	oklab(81.74% -0.0668 0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(81.74% 0.169 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.3921, 56.1011, 11.3426)
Luminance	0.5610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4CE31 #3B31CE

analogous

#CE8A31 #C4CE31 #75CE31

triadic

#C4CE31 #31C4CE #CE31C4

tetradic

#C4CE31 #31CE8A #3B31CE #CE3175

square

#C4CE31 #31CE8A #3B31CE #CE3175

split-complementary

#C4CE31 #3175CE #8A31CE

monochromatic

#666B19 #959D25 #C4CE31 #D2DA62 #E0E694

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C4CE31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#C4CE31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4CE31

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4CE31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4CE31	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)

#DEC402

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC73F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ce31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 206, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.169 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadc76',
    500: '#c4ce31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ce31;
$custom-light: #dadc76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ce31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.822,
    "s": 61.569,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81737,
    "c": 0.16882,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4CE31

secondary

#332E75

accent

#43E54D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF1

border

#D5D5CB

text

#151509

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4CE31

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

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