#C4CE40#C4CE40

#C4CE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.160 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4CE40
RGB	rgb(196, 206, 64)
HSL	hsl(64, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(64, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.76, -20.85, 65.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.76, 69.09, 107.57°)
OKLab	oklab(81.83% -0.0636 0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(81.83% 0.16 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.7630, 56.2495, 13.2960)
Luminance	0.5625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4CE40 #4A40CE

analogous

#CE9140 #C4CE40 #7DCE40

triadic

#C4CE40 #40C4CE #CE40C4

tetradic

#C4CE40 #40CE91 #4A40CE #CE407D

square

#C4CE40 #40CE91 #4A40CE #CE407D

split-complementary

#C4CE40 #407DCE #9140CE

monochromatic

#6F751E #9DA62B #C4CE40 #D3DA71 #E2E7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C4CE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#C4CE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4CE40

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4CE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4CE40	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)

#DDC429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC74B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ce40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 206, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.160 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dc7d',
    500: '#c4ce40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ce40;
$custom-light: #d9dc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ce40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.225,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81832,
    "c": 0.16022,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4CE40

secondary

#39347E

accent

#45E250

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4CE40

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

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