#C4D540#C4D540

#C4D540 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.168 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4D540
RGB	rgb(196, 213, 64)
HSL	hsl(67, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(67, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 0%, 70%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.67, -24.26, 67.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.67, 71.98, 109.69°)
OKLab	oklab(83.37% -0.0731 0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(83.37% 0.168 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.4858, 59.6951, 13.8703)
Luminance	0.5969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4D540 #5140D5

analogous

#D59C40 #C4D540 #7AD540

triadic

#C4D540 #40C4D5 #D540C4

tetradic

#C4D540 #40D59C #5140D5 #D5407A

square

#C4D540 #40D59C #5140D5 #D5407A

split-complementary

#C4D540 #407AD5 #9C40D5

monochromatic

#737F1C #A1B127 #C4D540 #D3E072 #E3EBA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#C4D540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#C4D540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4D540

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4D540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4D540	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CA26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0C9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4d540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 213, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.168 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9e17e',
    500: '#c4d540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4d540;
$custom-light: #d9e17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4d540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.846,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83368,
    "c": 0.1678,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4D540

secondary

#3D3386

accent

#41E754

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4D540

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

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