#C4D440#C4D440

#C4D440 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.167 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4D440
RGB	rgb(196, 212, 64)
HSL	hsl(66, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(66, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 0%, 69.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.40, -23.77, 67.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.40, 71.56, 109.40°)
OKLab	oklab(83.15% -0.0717 0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(83.15% 0.167 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.2351, 59.1936, 13.7867)
Luminance	0.5919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4D440 #5040D4

analogous

#D49A40 #C4D440 #7AD440

triadic

#C4D440 #40C4D4 #D440C4

tetradic

#C4D440 #40D49A #5040D4 #D4407A

square

#C4D440 #40D49A #5040D4 #D4407A

split-complementary

#C4D440 #407AD4 #9A40D4

monochromatic

#737D1C #A1AF27 #C4D440 #D3DF72 #E3EAA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#C4D440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#C4D440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4D440

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4D440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4D440	1.00	1.64	12.84	12.84
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3C927

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CB4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0C8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4d440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 212, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.167 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9e17e',
    500: '#c4d440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4d440;
$custom-light: #d9e17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4d440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.486,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83148,
    "c": 0.16671,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4D440

secondary

#3C3385

accent

#42E653

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4D440

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

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