#C4D565#C4D565

#C4D565 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.139 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4D565
RGB	rgb(196, 213, 101)
HSL	hsl(69, 57%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(69, 53%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 0%, 52.6%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.98, -21.67, 52.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.98, 56.99, 112.34°)
OKLab	oklab(83.72% -0.0622 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(83.72% 0.139 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.9089, 60.2644, 21.3651)
Luminance	0.6026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4D565 #7665D5

analogous

#D5AE65 #C4D565 #8CD565

triadic

#C4D565 #65C4D5 #D565C4

tetradic

#C4D565 #65D5AE #7665D5 #D5658C

square

#C4D565 #65D5AE #7665D5 #D5658C

split-complementary

#C4D565 #658CD5 #AE65D5

monochromatic

#869729 #B1C736 #C4D565 #D6E295 #E9EFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#C4D565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#C4D565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4D565

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4D565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4D565	1.00	1.61	13.05	13.05
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CB5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CD6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CECBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4d565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 213, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.139 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8e194',
    500: '#c4d565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4d565;
$custom-light: #d8e194;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4d565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.107,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83716,
    "c": 0.13864,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4D565

secondary

#50439C

accent

#21C53A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4D565

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

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