#C4D949#C4D949

#C4D949 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.166 H 117.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4D949
RGB	rgb(196, 217, 73)
HSL	hsl(69, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(69, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 0%, 66.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.83, -25.67, 65.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.83, 70.43, 111.37°)
OKLab	oklab(84.32% -0.0762 0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(84.32% 0.166 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.7814, 61.8431, 15.6691)
Luminance	0.6184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4D949 #5E49D9

analogous

#D9A649 #C4D949 #7CD949

triadic

#C4D949 #49C4D9 #D949C4

tetradic

#C4D949 #49D9A6 #5E49D9 #D9497C

square

#C4D949 #49D9A6 #5E49D9 #D9497C

split-complementary

#C4D949 #497CD9 #A649D9

monochromatic

#7B8B1D #A7BD28 #C4D949 #D4E47C #E5EEAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#C4D949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.37

#C4D949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4D949

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4D949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4D949	1.00	1.57	13.37	13.37
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CE34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0CDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4d949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 217, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.166 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9e483',
    500: '#c4d949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4d949;
$custom-light: #d9e483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4d949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.75,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84317,
    "c": 0.16634,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4D949

secondary

#433691

accent

#3FE858

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4D949

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

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