#C4D742#C4D742

#C4D742 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.169 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4D742
RGB	rgb(196, 215, 66)
HSL	hsl(68, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(68, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 69.3%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.23, -25.11, 67.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.23, 72.12, 110.38°)
OKLab	oklab(83.82% -0.0753 0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(83.82% 0.169 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.0499, 60.7306, 14.3441)
Luminance	0.6073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4D742 #5542D7

analogous

#D7A042 #C4D742 #79D742

triadic

#C4D742 #42C4D7 #D742C4

tetradic

#C4D742 #42D7A0 #5542D7 #D74279

square

#C4D742 #42D7A0 #5542D7 #D74279

split-complementary

#C4D742 #4279D7 #A042D7

monochromatic

#76831C #A3B526 #C4D742 #D4E275 #E4ECA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#C4D742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.15

#C4D742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4D742

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4D742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4D742	1.00	1.60	13.15	13.15
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CC29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0CBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4d742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 215, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.169 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9e37f',
    500: '#c4d742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4d742;
$custom-light: #d9e37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4d742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.651,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83823,
    "c": 0.16874,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4D742

secondary

#3F348A

accent

#40E855

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4D742

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

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