#C4CE59#C4CE59

#C4CE59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.141 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4CE59
RGB	rgb(196, 206, 89)
HSL	hsl(65, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(65, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 56.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.95, -19.22, 55.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.95, 59.06, 108.99°)
OKLab	oklab(82.05% -0.0565 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(82.05% 0.141 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.6404, 56.6005, 17.9173)
Luminance	0.5660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4CE59 #6359CE

analogous

#CE9D59 #C4CE59 #89CE59

triadic

#C4CE59 #59C4CE #CE59C4

tetradic

#C4CE59 #59CE9D #6359CE #CE5989

square

#C4CE59 #59CE9D #6359CE #CE5989

split-complementary

#C4CE59 #5989CE #9D59CE

monochromatic

#7D8527 #AAB535 #C4CE59 #D5DC88 #E6EAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#C4CE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#C4CE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4CE59

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4CE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4CE59	1.00	1.70	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0C3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ce59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 206, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.141 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8dc8c',
    500: '#c4ce59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ce59;
$custom-light: #d8dc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ce59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.128,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82054,
    "c": 0.14116,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4CE59

secondary

#463F8C

accent

#4ADE57

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4CE59

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

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