#C4DA42#C4DA42

#C4DA42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.172 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4DA42
RGB	rgb(196, 218, 66)
HSL	hsl(69, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(69, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 69.7%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.06, -26.55, 68.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.06, 73.39, 111.21°)
OKLab	oklab(84.49% -0.0792 0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(84.49% 0.172 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.8208, 62.2725, 14.6011)
Luminance	0.6227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4DA42 #5842DA

analogous

#DAA442 #C4DA42 #78DA42

triadic

#C4DA42 #42C4DA #DA42C4

tetradic

#C4DA42 #42DAA4 #5842DA #DA4278

square

#C4DA42 #42DAA4 #5842DA #DA4278

split-complementary

#C4DA42 #4278DA #A442DA

monochromatic

#77871A #A5BA24 #C4DA42 #D4E475 #E4EEA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#C4DA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.45

#C4DA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4DA42

13.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4DA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4DA42	1.00	1.56	13.45	13.45
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CE28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D04E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0CEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4da42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 218, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.172 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9e580',
    500: '#c4da42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4da42;
$custom-light: #d9e580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4da42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.684,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84485,
    "c": 0.17208,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4DA42

secondary

#40338D

accent

#3EEA57

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4DA42

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

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