#C4CE39#C4CE39

#C4CE39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.165 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4CE39
RGB	rgb(196, 206, 57)
HSL	hsl(64, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(64, 72%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 72.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.71, -21.20, 68.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.71, 71.52, 107.24°)
OKLab	oklab(81.78% -0.0652 0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(81.78% 0.165 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.5762, 56.1748, 12.3120)
Luminance	0.5617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4CE39 #4339CE

analogous

#CE8E39 #C4CE39 #7ACE39

triadic

#C4CE39 #39C4CE #CE39C4

tetradic

#C4CE39 #39CE8E #4339CE #CE397A

square

#C4CE39 #39CE8E #4339CE #CE397A

split-complementary

#C4CE39 #397ACE #8E39CE

monochromatic

#6B711C #9AA228 #C4CE39 #D3DA6A #E1E69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C4CE39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#C4CE39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4CE39

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4CE39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4CE39	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC41B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ce39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 206, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.165 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dc7a',
    500: '#c4ce39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ce39;
$custom-light: #d9dc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ce39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.027,
    "s": 60.324,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81784,
    "c": 0.16451,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4CE39

secondary

#36317A

accent

#44E34F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4CE39

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

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