#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
RGBrgb(196, 217, 66)
HSLhsl(68, 67%, 55%)
HSVhsv(68, 70%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(9.7%, 0%, 69.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(82.78, -26.07, 68.15)
CIE-LCHlch(82.78, 72.96, 110.93°)
OKLaboklab(84.26% -0.0779 0.1522)
OKLCHoklch(84.26% 0.171 117.1)
XYZxyz(48.5623, 61.7554, 14.5149)
Luminance0.6176 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##C4D9421.001.5713.3513.35
#FFFFFF1.571.0021.0021.00
#00000013.3521.001.001.00
##00000013.3521.001.001.00

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

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#C4D942 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva