#C4D42F#C4D42F

#C4D42F 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 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4D42F
RGB	rgb(196, 212, 47)
HSL	hsl(66, 66%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(66, 78%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 0%, 77.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.31, -24.54, 72.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.31, 76.93, 108.60°)
OKLab	oklab(83.05% -0.0753 0.1591)
OKLCH	oklch(83.05% 0.176 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.8229, 59.0288, 11.6159)
Luminance	0.5903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4D42F #3F2FD4

analogous

#D4912F #C4D42F #71D42F

triadic

#C4D42F #2FC4D4 #D42FC4

tetradic

#C4D42F #2FD491 #3F2FD4 #D42F71

square

#C4D42F #2FD491 #3F2FD4 #D42F71

split-complementary

#C4D42F #2F71D4 #912FD4

monochromatic

#687117 #97A422 #C4D42F #D2DE62 #E1E994

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#C4D42F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81

#C4D42F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4D42F

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4D42F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4D42F	1.00	1.64	12.81	12.81
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3C900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CB3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4d42f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 212, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.176 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dae176',
    500: '#c4d42f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4d42f;
$custom-light: #dae176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4d42f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.818,
    "s": 65.737,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83047,
    "c": 0.17599,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4D42F

secondary

#352D7A

accent

#3FE950

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF1

border

#D5D5CB

text

#151509

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4D42F

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

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