#C4CE49#C4CE49

#C4CE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.154 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4CE49
RGB	rgb(196, 206, 73)
HSL	hsl(65, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(65, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 64.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.82, -20.33, 62.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.82, 65.70, 108.03°)
OKLab	oklab(81.9% -0.0612 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(81.9% 0.154 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.0401, 56.3603, 14.7554)
Luminance	0.5636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4CE49 #5349CE

analogous

#CE9549 #C4CE49 #82CE49

triadic

#C4CE49 #49C4CE #CE49C4

tetradic

#C4CE49 #49CE95 #5349CE #CE4982

square

#C4CE49 #49CE95 #5349CE #CE4982

split-complementary

#C4CE49 #4982CE #9549CE

monochromatic

#757B21 #A2AC2E #C4CE49 #D4DB79 #E3E8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C4CE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#C4CE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4CE49

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4CE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4CE49	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0C2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ce49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 206, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.154 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dc82',
    500: '#c4ce49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ce49;
$custom-light: #d9dc82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ce49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.511,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81902,
    "c": 0.15402,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4CE49

secondary

#3E3883

accent

#47E153

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4CE49

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

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