#C4D642#C4D642

#C4D642 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.168 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4D642
RGB	rgb(196, 214, 66)
HSL	hsl(67, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(67, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 69.2%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.96, -24.63, 67.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.96, 71.69, 110.09°)
OKLab	oklab(83.6% -0.0739 0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(83.6% 0.168 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.7961, 60.2229, 14.2595)
Luminance	0.6022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4D642 #5442D6

analogous

#D69E42 #C4D642 #7AD642

triadic

#C4D642 #42C4D6 #D642C4

tetradic

#C4D642 #42D69E #5442D6 #D6427A

square

#C4D642 #42D69E #5442D6 #D6427A

split-complementary

#C4D642 #427AD6 #9E42D6

monochromatic

#75821C #A3B427 #C4D642 #D4E174 #E3ECA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#C4D642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.04

#C4D642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4D642

13.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4D642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4D642	1.00	1.61	13.04	13.04
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CB2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0CAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4d642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 214, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.168 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9e27f',
    500: '#c4d642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4d642;
$custom-light: #d9e27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4d642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.297,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83603,
    "c": 0.16764,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4D642

secondary

#3E3488

accent

#40E755

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4D642

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

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