#C4CE51#C4CE51

#C4CE51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.148 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4CE51
RGB	rgb(196, 206, 81)
HSL	hsl(65, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(65, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 60.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.88, -19.81, 59.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.88, 62.47, 108.49°)
OKLab	oklab(81.97% -0.059 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(81.97% 0.148 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.3226, 56.4733, 16.2432)
Luminance	0.5647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4CE51 #5B51CE

analogous

#CE9A51 #C4CE51 #86CE51

triadic

#C4CE51 #51C4CE #CE51C4

tetradic

#C4CE51 #51CE9A #5B51CE #CE5186

square

#C4CE51 #51CE9A #5B51CE #CE5186

split-complementary

#C4CE51 #5186CE #9A51CE

monochromatic

#798024 #A6B032 #C4CE51 #D4DB81 #E4E9B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C4CE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#C4CE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4CE51

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4CE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4CE51	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0C3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ce51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 206, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.148 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dc87',
    500: '#c4ce51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ce51;
$custom-light: #d9dc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ce51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.8,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81974,
    "c": 0.14787,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4CE51

secondary

#413B88

accent

#48DF55

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF3

border

#D5D5CD

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4CE51

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

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