#C4D740#C4D740

#C4D740 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.170 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4D740
RGB	rgb(196, 215, 64)
HSL	hsl(68, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(68, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 70.2%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.22, -25.22, 68.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.22, 72.81, 110.26°)
OKLab	oklab(83.81% -0.0757 0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(83.81% 0.17 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.9920, 60.7075, 14.0390)
Luminance	0.6071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4D740 #5340D7

analogous

#D79F40 #C4D740 #78D740

triadic

#C4D740 #40C4D7 #D740C4

tetradic

#C4D740 #40D79F #5340D7 #D74078

square

#C4D740 #40D79F #5340D7 #D74078

split-complementary

#C4D740 #4078D7 #9F40D7

monochromatic

#75811B #A2B426 #C4D740 #D4E273 #E3ECA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#C4D740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.14

#C4D740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4D740

13.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4D740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4D740	1.00	1.60	13.14	13.14
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CC26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0CBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4d740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 215, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.170 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9e37e',
    500: '#c4d740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4d740;
$custom-light: #d9e37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4d740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.55,
    "s": 65.368,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83809,
    "c": 0.17,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4D740

secondary

#3E3388

accent

#3FE855

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4D740

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

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