#C4D442#C4D442

#C4D442 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.165 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4D442
RGB	rgb(196, 212, 66)
HSL	hsl(67, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(67, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 0%, 68.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.41, -23.67, 66.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.41, 70.85, 109.51°)
OKLab	oklab(83.16% -0.0712 0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(83.16% 0.165 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.2930, 59.2168, 14.0918)
Luminance	0.5922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4D442 #5242D4

analogous

#D49B42 #C4D442 #7BD442

triadic

#C4D442 #42C4D4 #D442C4

tetradic

#C4D442 #42D49B #5242D4 #D4427B

square

#C4D442 #42D49B #5242D4 #D4427B

split-complementary

#C4D442 #427BD4 #9B42D4

monochromatic

#747F1D #A2B128 #C4D442 #D4DF74 #E3EBA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#C4D442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#C4D442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4D442

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4D442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4D442	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)

#E3C92A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CB4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0C8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4d442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 212, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.165 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9e17f',
    500: '#c4d442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4d442;
$custom-light: #d9e17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4d442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.575,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83162,
    "c": 0.16543,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4D442

secondary

#3D3486

accent

#42E654

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4D442

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

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