#C4CE57#C4CE57

#C4CE57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.143 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4CE57
RGB	rgb(196, 206, 87)
HSL	hsl(65, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(65, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 57.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.94, -19.37, 56.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.94, 59.92, 108.86°)
OKLab	oklab(82.03% -0.0571 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(82.03% 0.143 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.5576, 56.5673, 17.4810)
Luminance	0.5657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4CE57 #6157CE

analogous

#CE9D57 #C4CE57 #89CE57

triadic

#C4CE57 #57C4CE #CE57C4

tetradic

#C4CE57 #57CE9D #6157CE #CE5789

square

#C4CE57 #57CE9D #6157CE #CE5789

split-complementary

#C4CE57 #5789CE #9D57CE

monochromatic

#7C8427 #A9B334 #C4CE57 #D5DC86 #E5EAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C4CE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#C4CE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4CE57

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4CE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4CE57	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)

#DCC54A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0C3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ce57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 206, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.143 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8dc8b',
    500: '#c4ce57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ce57;
$custom-light: #d8dc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ce57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.042,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82033,
    "c": 0.14289,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4CE57

secondary

#443E8B

accent

#4ADE56

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4CE57

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

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