#C4D738#C4D738

#C4D738 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.175 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4D738
RGB	rgb(196, 215, 56)
HSL	hsl(67, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(67, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 74%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.18, -25.61, 70.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.18, 75.45, 109.84°)
OKLab	oklab(83.76% -0.0775 0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(83.76% 0.175 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.7804, 60.6228, 12.9250)
Luminance	0.6062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4D738 #4B38D7

analogous

#D79A38 #C4D738 #74D738

triadic

#C4D738 #38C4D7 #D738C4

tetradic

#C4D738 #38D79A #4B38D7 #D73874

square

#C4D738 #38D79A #4B38D7 #D73874

split-complementary

#C4D738 #3874D7 #9A38D7

monochromatic

#707C19 #9EAF23 #C4D738 #D3E16B #E2EB9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#C4D738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#C4D738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4D738

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4D738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4D738	1.00	1.60	13.12	13.12
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CC14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CD46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0CBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4d738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 215, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.175 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dae37a',
    500: '#c4d738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4d738;
$custom-light: #dae37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4d738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.17,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83758,
    "c": 0.17464,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4D738

secondary

#3A3083

accent

#3EE953

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4D738

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

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