#C4D042#C4D042

#C4D042 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.161 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4D042
RGB	rgb(196, 208, 66)
HSL	hsl(65, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(65, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 68.3%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.32, -21.72, 65.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.32, 69.19, 108.30°)
OKLab	oklab(82.28% -0.0658 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(82.28% 0.161 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.3055, 57.2417, 13.7627)
Luminance	0.5724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4D042 #4E42D0

analogous

#D09542 #C4D042 #7DD042

triadic

#C4D042 #42C4D0 #D042C4

tetradic

#C4D042 #42D095 #4E42D0 #D0427D

square

#C4D042 #42D095 #4E42D0 #D0427D

split-complementary

#C4D042 #427DD0 #9542D0

monochromatic

#72791E #A0AA2A #C4D042 #D3DC73 #E3E8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#C4D042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#C4D042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4D042

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4D042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4D042	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC62C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC94D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4d042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 208, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.161 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9de7f',
    500: '#c4d042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4d042;
$custom-light: #d9de7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4d042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.07,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82284,
    "c": 0.16107,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4D042

secondary

#3B3581

accent

#44E352

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4D042

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

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