#C4D138#C4D138

#C4D138 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.168 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4D138
RGB	rgb(196, 209, 56)
HSL	hsl(65, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(65, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 0%, 73.2%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.53, -22.71, 69.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.53, 73.04, 108.12°)
OKLab	oklab(82.44% -0.0695 0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(82.44% 0.168 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.2806, 57.6231, 12.4250)
Luminance	0.5762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4D138 #4538D1

analogous

#D19238 #C4D138 #78D138

triadic

#C4D138 #38C4D1 #D138C4

tetradic

#C4D138 #38D192 #4538D1 #D13878

square

#C4D138 #38D192 #4538D1 #D13878

split-complementary

#C4D138 #3878D1 #9238D1

monochromatic

#6C741B #9BA626 #C4D138 #D3DC6A #E1E89B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#C4D138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#C4D138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4D138

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4D138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4D138	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C717

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0C945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4d138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 209, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.168 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dade7a',
    500: '#c4d138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4d138;
$custom-light: #dade7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4d138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.098,
    "s": 62.449,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82436,
    "c": 0.16823,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4D138

secondary

#37317C

accent

#42E650

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4D138

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

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