#C4D449#C4D449

#C4D449 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.161 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4D449
RGB	rgb(196, 212, 73)
HSL	hsl(67, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(67, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 0%, 65.6%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.46, -23.26, 64.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.46, 68.26, 109.92°)
OKLab	oklab(83.22% -0.0694 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(83.22% 0.161 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.5122, 59.3045, 15.2460)
Luminance	0.5930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4D449 #5949D4

analogous

#D49E49 #C4D449 #7FD449

triadic

#C4D449 #49C4D4 #D449C4

tetradic

#C4D449 #49D49E #5949D4 #D4497F

square

#C4D449 #49D49E #5949D4 #D4497F

split-complementary

#C4D449 #497FD4 #9E49D4

monochromatic

#78841F #A5B52B #C4D449 #D4E07B #E4EBAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#C4D449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#C4D449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4D449

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4D449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4D449	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0C8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4d449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 212, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.161 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9e183',
    500: '#c4d449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4d449;
$custom-light: #d9e183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4d449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.906,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83216,
    "c": 0.16068,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4D449

secondary

#40378A

accent

#43E556

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4D449

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

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