#C4CE41#C4CE41

#C4CE41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; 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	#C4CE41
RGB	rgb(196, 206, 65)
HSL	hsl(64, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(64, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 68.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.76, -20.80, 65.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.76, 68.73, 107.61°)
OKLab	oklab(81.84% -0.0633 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(81.84% 0.16 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.7917, 56.2610, 13.4472)
Luminance	0.5626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4CE41 #4B41CE

analogous

#CE9141 #C4CE41 #7ECE41

triadic

#C4CE41 #41C4CE #CE41C4

tetradic

#C4CE41 #41CE91 #4B41CE #CE417E

square

#C4CE41 #41CE91 #4B41CE #CE417E

split-complementary

#C4CE41 #417ECE #9141CE

monochromatic

#70761E #9EA72B #C4CE41 #D3DB72 #E2E7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C4CE41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#C4CE41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4CE41

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4CE41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4CE41	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)

#DDC42B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC74B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ce41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 206, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.160 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dc7e',
    500: '#c4ce41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ce41;
$custom-light: #d9dc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ce41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.255,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81839,
    "c": 0.15958,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4CE41

secondary

#3A357F

accent

#46E251

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4CE41

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

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