#C4D261#C4D261

#C4D261 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.139 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4D261
RGB	rgb(196, 210, 97)
HSL	hsl(67, 56%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(67, 54%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 53.8%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.12, -20.54, 53.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.12, 57.36, 110.98°)
OKLab	oklab(83.01% -0.0594 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(83.01% 0.139 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.9700, 58.6927, 20.1087)
Luminance	0.5869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4D261 #6F61D2

analogous

#D2A861 #C4D261 #8BD261

triadic

#C4D261 #61C4D2 #D261C4

tetradic

#C4D261 #61D2A8 #6F61D2 #D2618B

square

#C4D261 #61D2A8 #6F61D2 #D2618B

split-complementary

#C4D261 #618BD2 #A861D2

monochromatic

#839029 #AEBF36 #C4D261 #D6E091 #E8EDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#C4D261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#C4D261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4D261

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4D261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4D261	1.00	1.65	12.74	12.74
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC956

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFC7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4d261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 210, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.139 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8df91',
    500: '#c4d261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4d261;
$custom-light: #d8df91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4d261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.434,
    "s": 55.665,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83014,
    "c": 0.13871,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4D261

secondary

#4C4296

accent

#22C336

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4D261

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

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