#C4CF42#C4CF42

#C4CF42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.160 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4CF42
RGB	rgb(196, 207, 66)
HSL	hsl(65, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(65, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 68.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.04, -21.23, 65.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.04, 68.78, 107.98°)
OKLab	oklab(82.07% -0.0645 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(82.07% 0.16 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.0624, 56.7557, 13.6816)
Luminance	0.5675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4CF42 #4D42CF

analogous

#CF9342 #C4CF42 #7DCF42

triadic

#C4CF42 #42C4CF #CF42C4

tetradic

#C4CF42 #42CF93 #4D42CF #CF427D

square

#C4CF42 #42CF93 #4D42CF #CF427D

split-complementary

#C4CF42 #427DCF #9342CF

monochromatic

#71781F #9FA92B #C4CF42 #D3DB73 #E2E8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#C4CF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#C4CF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4CF42

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4CF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4CF42	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC52C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4cf42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 207, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.160 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dd7f',
    500: '#c4cf42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4cf42;
$custom-light: #d9dd7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4cf42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.681,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82065,
    "c": 0.15999,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4CF42

secondary

#3B3580

accent

#45E351

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4CF42

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

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