#C4CE42#C4CE42

#C4CE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.159 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4CE42
RGB	rgb(196, 206, 66)
HSL	hsl(64, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(64, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.77, -20.74, 65.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.77, 68.36, 107.66°)
OKLab	oklab(81.85% -0.0631 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(81.85% 0.159 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.8209, 56.2727, 13.6011)
Luminance	0.5627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4CE42 #4C42CE

analogous

#CE9242 #C4CE42 #7ECE42

triadic

#C4CE42 #42C4CE #CE42C4

tetradic

#C4CE42 #42CE92 #4C42CE #CE427E

square

#C4CE42 #42CE92 #4C42CE #CE427E

split-complementary

#C4CE42 #427ECE #9242CE

monochromatic

#71771F #9FA72B #C4CE42 #D3DB73 #E2E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C4CE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#C4CE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4CE42

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4CE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4CE42	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)

#DDC42C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC74C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ce42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 206, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.159 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dc7e',
    500: '#c4ce42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ce42;
$custom-light: #d9dc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ce42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.286,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81846,
    "c": 0.15891,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4CE42

secondary

#3A357F

accent

#46E251

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4CE42

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

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