#C4D249#C4D249

#C4D249 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.158 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4D249
RGB	rgb(196, 210, 73)
HSL	hsl(66, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(66, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 65.2%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.91, -22.29, 63.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.91, 67.40, 109.31°)
OKLab	oklab(82.78% -0.0667 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(82.78% 0.158 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.0153, 58.3108, 15.0804)
Luminance	0.5831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4D249 #5749D2

analogous

#D29B49 #C4D249 #80D249

triadic

#C4D249 #49C4D2 #D249C4

tetradic

#C4D249 #49D29B #5749D2 #D24980

square

#C4D249 #49D29B #5749D2 #D24980

split-complementary

#C4D249 #4980D2 #9B49D2

monochromatic

#778120 #A4B22C #C4D249 #D4DE7A #E4EAAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#C4D249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#C4D249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4D249

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4D249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4D249	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0C6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4d249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 210, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.158 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9df83',
    500: '#c4d249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4d249;
$custom-light: #d9df83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4d249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.131,
    "s": 60.352,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82777,
    "c": 0.15845,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4D249

secondary

#3F3788

accent

#44E355

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4D249

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

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