#C4D242#C4D242

#C4D242 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.163 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4D242
RGB	rgb(196, 210, 66)
HSL	hsl(66, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(66, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 68.6%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.86, -22.70, 66.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.86, 70.02, 108.91°)
OKLab	oklab(82.72% -0.0685 0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(82.72% 0.163 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.7961, 58.2231, 13.9262)
Luminance	0.5822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4D242 #5042D2

analogous

#D29842 #C4D242 #7CD242

triadic

#C4D242 #42C4D2 #D242C4

tetradic

#C4D242 #42D298 #5042D2 #D2427C

square

#C4D242 #42D298 #5042D2 #D2427C

split-complementary

#C4D242 #427CD2 #9842D2

monochromatic

#737C1E #A1AD29 #C4D242 #D3DE73 #E3EAA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#C4D242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#C4D242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4D242

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4D242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4D242	1.00	1.66	12.64	12.64
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C82B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0C6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4d242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 210, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.163 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9df7f',
    500: '#c4d242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4d242;
$custom-light: #d9df7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4d242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.833,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82723,
    "c": 0.16325,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4D242

secondary

#3C3484

accent

#43E553

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4D242

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

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