#C4D542#C4D542

#C4D542 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.167 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4D542
RGB	rgb(196, 213, 66)
HSL	hsl(67, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(67, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 0%, 69%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.68, -24.15, 67.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.68, 71.27, 109.81°)
OKLab	oklab(83.38% -0.0726 0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(83.38% 0.167 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.5438, 59.7183, 14.1754)
Luminance	0.5972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4D542 #5342D5

analogous

#D59D42 #C4D542 #7AD542

triadic

#C4D542 #42C4D5 #D542C4

tetradic

#C4D542 #42D59D #5342D5 #D5427A

square

#C4D542 #42D59D #5342D5 #D5427A

split-complementary

#C4D542 #427AD5 #9D42D5

monochromatic

#75801C #A2B228 #C4D542 #D4E074 #E3EBA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#C4D542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#C4D542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4D542

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4D542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4D542	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)

#E4CA2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0C9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4d542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 213, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.167 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9e17f',
    500: '#c4d542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4d542;
$custom-light: #d9e17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4d542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.939,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83382,
    "c": 0.16654,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4D542

secondary

#3E3487

accent

#41E754

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4D542

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

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