#C4D159#C4D159

#C4D159 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.145 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4D159
RGB	rgb(196, 209, 89)
HSL	hsl(67, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(67, 57%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 0%, 57.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.77, -20.70, 56.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.77, 60.41, 110.03°)
OKLab	oklab(82.71% -0.0606 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(82.71% 0.145 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.3696, 58.0587, 18.1603)
Luminance	0.5806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4D159 #6659D1

analogous

#D1A259 #C4D159 #88D159

triadic

#C4D159 #59C4D1 #D159C4

tetradic

#C4D159 #59D1A2 #6659D1 #D15988

square

#C4D159 #59D1A2 #6659D1 #D15988

split-complementary

#C4D159 #5988D1 #A259D1

monochromatic

#7F8926 #ABB933 #C4D159 #D5DE89 #E6ECB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#C4D159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#C4D159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4D159

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4D159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4D159	1.00	1.67	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFC6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4d159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 209, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.145 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8df8c',
    500: '#c4d159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4d159;
$custom-light: #d8df8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4d159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.5,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82708,
    "c": 0.14466,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4D159

secondary

#473E90

accent

#48E058

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4D159

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

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