#C4D838#C4D838

#C4D838 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.176 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4D838
RGB	rgb(196, 216, 56)
HSL	hsl(68, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(68, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 74.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.45, -26.08, 71.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.45, 75.86, 110.11°)
OKLab	oklab(83.98% -0.0788 0.1571)
OKLCH	oklch(83.98% 0.176 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.0359, 61.1337, 13.0101)
Luminance	0.6113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4D838 #4C38D8

analogous

#D89C38 #C4D838 #74D838

triadic

#C4D838 #38C4D8 #D838C4

tetradic

#C4D838 #38D89C #4C38D8 #D83874

square

#C4D838 #38D89C #4C38D8 #D83874

split-complementary

#C4D838 #3874D8 #9C38D8

monochromatic

#717D19 #9FB023 #C4D838 #D3E26B #E2EC9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#C4D838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.23

#C4D838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4D838

13.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4D838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4D838	1.00	1.59	13.23	13.23
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CC13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CE46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0CCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4d838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 216, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.176 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dae37a',
    500: '#c4d838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4d838;
$custom-light: #dae37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4d838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 67.227,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83979,
    "c": 0.17572,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4D838

secondary

#3A3084

accent

#3EEA53

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4D838

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

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