#C4D42E#C4D42E

#C4D42E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.176 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4D42E
RGB	rgb(196, 212, 46)
HSL	hsl(66, 66%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(66, 78%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 0%, 78.3%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.30, -24.58, 73.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.30, 77.21, 108.56°)
OKLab	oklab(83.04% -0.0754 0.1595)
OKLCH	oklch(83.04% 0.176 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.8029, 59.0208, 11.5109)
Luminance	0.5902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4D42E #3E2ED4

analogous

#D4912E #C4D42E #71D42E

triadic

#C4D42E #2EC4D4 #D42EC4

tetradic

#C4D42E #2ED491 #3E2ED4 #D42E71

square

#C4D42E #2ED491 #3E2ED4 #D42E71

split-complementary

#C4D42E #2E71D4 #912ED4

monochromatic

#687017 #97A322 #C4D42E #D2DE61 #E1E994

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#C4D42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#C4D42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4D42E

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4D42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4D42E	1.00	1.64	12.80	12.80
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3C900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CB3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4d42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 212, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.176 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dae176',
    500: '#c4d42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4d42e;
$custom-light: #dae176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4d42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.783,
    "s": 65.873,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83042,
    "c": 0.17645,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4D42E

secondary

#342D79

accent

#3FE94F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF1

border

#D5D5CB

text

#151509

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4D42E

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

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