#C4D855#C4D855

#C4D855 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.156 H 117.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4D855
RGB	rgb(196, 216, 85)
HSL	hsl(69, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(69, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 60.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.65, -24.40, 60.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.65, 65.28, 111.95°)
OKLab	oklab(84.2% -0.0714 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(84.2% 0.156 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.9614, 61.5039, 17.8847)
Luminance	0.6150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4D855 #6955D8

analogous

#D8AB55 #C4D855 #83D855

triadic

#C4D855 #55C4D8 #D855C4

tetradic

#C4D855 #55D8AB #6955D8 #D85583

square

#C4D855 #55D8AB #6955D8 #D85583

split-complementary

#C4D855 #5583D8 #AB55D8

monochromatic

#809121 #ACC32D #C4D855 #D5E387 #E7EFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#C4D855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.30

#C4D855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4D855

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4D855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4D855	1.00	1.58	13.30	13.30
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CD46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFCDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4d855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 216, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.156 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9e48a',
    500: '#c4d855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4d855;
$custom-light: #d9e48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4d855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.16,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84201,
    "c": 0.15621,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4D855

secondary

#493B96

accent

#42E65B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4D855

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

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