#C4D549#C4D549

#C4D549 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.162 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4D549
RGB	rgb(196, 213, 73)
HSL	hsl(67, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(67, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 0%, 65.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.73, -23.75, 64.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.73, 68.69, 110.22°)
OKLab	oklab(83.44% -0.0708 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(83.44% 0.162 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.7629, 59.8060, 15.3296)
Luminance	0.5980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4D549 #5A49D5

analogous

#D5A049 #C4D549 #7ED549

triadic

#C4D549 #49C4D5 #D549C4

tetradic

#C4D549 #49D5A0 #5A49D5 #D5497E

square

#C4D549 #49D5A0 #5A49D5 #D5497E

split-complementary

#C4D549 #497ED5 #A049D5

monochromatic

#79851F #A6B72A #C4D549 #D4E07B #E4ECAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#C4D549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#C4D549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4D549

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4D549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4D549	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CA35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0C9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4d549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 213, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.162 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9e183',
    500: '#c4d549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4d549;
$custom-light: #d9e183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4d549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.286,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83436,
    "c": 0.16181,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4D549

secondary

#41378C

accent

#42E656

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4D549

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

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