#C4D255#C4D255

#C4D255 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.149 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4D255
RGB	rgb(196, 210, 85)
HSL	hsl(67, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(67, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 59.5%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.01, -21.49, 58.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.01, 62.57, 110.09°)
OKLab	oklab(82.89% -0.0633 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(82.89% 0.149 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.4522, 58.4855, 17.3817)
Luminance	0.5848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4D255 #6355D2

analogous

#D2A155 #C4D255 #85D255

triadic

#C4D255 #55C4D2 #D255C4

tetradic

#C4D255 #55D2A1 #6355D2 #D25585

square

#C4D255 #55D2A1 #6355D2 #D25585

split-complementary

#C4D255 #5585D2 #A155D2

monochromatic

#7D8824 #AAB931 #C4D255 #D5DF85 #E6ECB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#C4D255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#C4D255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4D255

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4D255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4D255	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0C7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4d255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 210, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.149 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8df8a',
    500: '#c4d255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4d255;
$custom-light: #d8df8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4d255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.72,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82886,
    "c": 0.14919,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4D255

secondary

#463C8F

accent

#46E158

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4D255

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

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