#C4D942#C4D942

#C4D942 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.171 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4D942
RGB	rgb(196, 217, 66)
HSL	hsl(68, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(68, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 0%, 69.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.78, -26.07, 68.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.78, 72.96, 110.93°)
OKLab	oklab(84.26% -0.0779 0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(84.26% 0.171 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.5623, 61.7554, 14.5149)
Luminance	0.6176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4D942 #5742D9

analogous

#D9A242 #C4D942 #79D942

triadic

#C4D942 #42C4D9 #D942C4

tetradic

#C4D942 #42D9A2 #5742D9 #D94279

square

#C4D942 #42D9A2 #5742D9 #D94279

split-complementary

#C4D942 #4279D9 #A242D9

monochromatic

#77861B #A4B925 #C4D942 #D4E375 #E4EDA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#C4D942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.35

#C4D942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4D942

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4D942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4D942	1.00	1.57	13.35	13.35
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CE29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6CF4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0CDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4d942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 217, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.171 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9e480',
    500: '#c4d942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4d942;
$custom-light: #d9e480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4d942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.344,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84264,
    "c": 0.17097,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4D942

secondary

#3F338C

accent

#3EE956

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4D942

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

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