#C4CE55#C4CE55

#C4CE55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.145 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4CE55
RGB	rgb(196, 206, 85)
HSL	hsl(65, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(65, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 58.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.92, -19.52, 57.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.92, 60.78, 108.73°)
OKLab	oklab(82.01% -0.0577 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(82.01% 0.145 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.4770, 56.5351, 17.0566)
Luminance	0.5653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4CE55 #5F55CE

analogous

#CE9C55 #C4CE55 #87CE55

triadic

#C4CE55 #55C4CE #CE55C4

tetradic

#C4CE55 #55CE9C #5F55CE #CE5587

square

#C4CE55 #55CE9C #5F55CE #CE5587

split-complementary

#C4CE55 #5587CE #9C55CE

monochromatic

#7B8326 #A8B233 #C4CE55 #D4DC85 #E5E9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C4CE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#C4CE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4CE55

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4CE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4CE55	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0C3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ce55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 206, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.145 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8dc89',
    500: '#c4ce55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ce55;
$custom-light: #d8dc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ce55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.959,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82013,
    "c": 0.14459,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4CE55

secondary

#433D8A

accent

#49DF56

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4CE55

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

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