#C4D045#C4D045
#C4D045 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.159 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #C4D045 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(196, 208, 69) |
| HSL | hsl(65, 60%, 54%) |
| HSV | hsv(65, 67%, 82%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 66.8%, 18.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.34, -21.55, 64.58) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(80.34, 68.08, 108.46°) |
| OKLab | oklab(82.31% -0.0651 0.1451) |
| OKLCH | oklch(82.31% 0.159 114.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.3962, 57.2780, 14.2408) |
| Luminance | 0.5728 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Green Yellow
#B5CE08
ΔE00 3.79
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 4.22
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 4.38
Sickly Yellow
#D0E429
ΔE00 5.50
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 5.95
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 5.96
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#C4D045 #5145D0
analogous
#D09745 #C4D045 #7FD045
triadic
#C4D045 #45C4D0 #D045C4
tetradic
#C4D045 #45D097 #5145D0 #D0457F
square
#C4D045 #45D097 #5145D0 #D0457F
split-complementary
#C4D045 #457FD0 #9745D0
monochromatic
#737B1F #A1AC2C #C4D045 #D3DC76 #E3E9A7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.69
#C4D045 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.46
#C4D045 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #C4D045
12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##C4D045 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##C4D045 | 1.00 | 1.69 | 12.46 | 12.46 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.69 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.46 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.46 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DFC630
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DEC94F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D0C4B4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C7C7C7
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #c4d045; /* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 208, 69); /* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.159 114.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d9de80',
500: '#c4d045',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #c4d045; $custom-light: #d9de80; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#c4d045",
"rgb": {
"r": 196,
"g": 208,
"b": 69
},
"hsl": {
"h": 65.18,
"s": 59.657,
"l": 54.314
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.82307,
"c": 0.15905,
"h": 114.1
},
"luminance": 0.57277
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#C4D045
secondary
#3D3683
accent
#45E353
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFCF2
border
#D5D5CC
text
#15150B
muted
#84847E