#C4D256#C4D256

#C4D256 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.148 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4D256
RGB	rgb(196, 210, 86)
HSL	hsl(67, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(67, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 59%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.02, -21.41, 58.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.02, 62.14, 110.16°)
OKLab	oklab(82.9% -0.063 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(82.9% 0.148 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.4922, 58.5015, 17.5924)
Luminance	0.5850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4D256 #6456D2

analogous

#D2A256 #C4D256 #86D256

triadic

#C4D256 #56C4D2 #D256C4

tetradic

#C4D256 #56D2A2 #6456D2 #D25686

square

#C4D256 #56D2A2 #6456D2 #D25686

split-complementary

#C4D256 #5686D2 #A256D2

monochromatic

#7E8925 #AAB931 #C4D256 #D5DF86 #E6ECB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#C4D256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#C4D256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4D256

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4D256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4D256	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)

#E0C848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFC7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4d256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 210, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.148 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8df8a',
    500: '#c4d256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4d256;
$custom-light: #d8df8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4d256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.774,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82896,
    "c": 0.14837,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4D256

secondary

#463D90

accent

#47E158

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4D256

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

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