#C4DB42#C4DB42

#C4DB42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.173 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4DB42
RGB	rgb(196, 219, 66)
HSL	hsl(69, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(69, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 0%, 69.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.33, -27.02, 68.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.33, 73.82, 111.47°)
OKLab	oklab(84.71% -0.0806 0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(84.71% 0.173 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.0809, 62.7926, 14.6878)
Luminance	0.6279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4DB42 #5942DB

analogous

#DBA642 #C4DB42 #77DB42

triadic

#C4DB42 #42C4DB #DB42C4

tetradic

#C4DB42 #42DBA6 #5942DB #DB4277

square

#C4DB42 #42DBA6 #5942DB #DB4277

split-complementary

#C4DB42 #4277DB #A642DB

monochromatic

#78891A #A5BC24 #C4DB42 #D4E575 #E4EFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#C4DB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.56

#C4DB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4DB42

13.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4DB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4DB42	1.00	1.55	13.56	13.56
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9CF28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D04E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0CFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4db42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 219, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.173 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9e680',
    500: '#c4db42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4db42;
$custom-light: #d9e680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4db42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.02,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84706,
    "c": 0.17321,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4DB42

secondary

#40338F

accent

#3DEB57

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4DB42

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

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