#C4CE3E#C4CE3E

#C4CE3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.162 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4CE3E
RGB	rgb(196, 206, 62)
HSL	hsl(64, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(64, 70%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 69.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.74, -20.96, 66.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.74, 69.81, 107.47°)
OKLab	oklab(81.82% -0.0641 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(81.82% 0.162 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.7071, 56.2271, 13.0016)
Luminance	0.5623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4CE3E #483ECE

analogous

#CE903E #C4CE3E #7CCE3E

triadic

#C4CE3E #3EC4CE #CE3EC4

tetradic

#C4CE3E #3ECE90 #483ECE #CE3E7C

square

#C4CE3E #3ECE90 #483ECE #CE3E7C

split-complementary

#C4CE3E #3E7CCE #903ECE

monochromatic

#6E741D #9CA52A #C4CE3E #D3DA6F #E2E7A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C4CE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#C4CE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4CE3E

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4CE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4CE3E	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC425

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ce3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 206, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.162 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dc7c',
    500: '#c4ce3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ce3e;
$custom-light: #d9dc7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ce3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.167,
    "s": 59.504,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81817,
    "c": 0.1615,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4CE3E

secondary

#39337D

accent

#45E350

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4CE3E

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

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