#C4DC42#C4DC42

#C4DC42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.174 H 118.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4DC42
RGB	rgb(196, 220, 66)
HSL	hsl(69, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(69, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 0%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.61, -27.50, 68.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.61, 74.24, 111.74°)
OKLab	oklab(84.93% -0.0819 0.1539)
OKLCH	oklch(84.93% 0.174 118)
XYZ	xyz(49.3426, 63.3160, 14.7750)
Luminance	0.6332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4DC42 #5A42DC

analogous

#DCA742 #C4DC42 #77DC42

triadic

#C4DC42 #42C4DC #DC42C4

tetradic

#C4DC42 #42DCA7 #5A42DC #DC4277

square

#C4DC42 #42DCA7 #5A42DC #DC4277

split-complementary

#C4DC42 #4277DC #A742DC

monochromatic

#798A1A #A6BE23 #C4DC42 #D4E676 #E4EFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#C4DC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.66

#C4DC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4DC42

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4DC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4DC42	1.00	1.54	13.66	13.66
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D14E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0D0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4dc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 220, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.174 118.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9e680',
    500: '#c4dc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4dc42;
$custom-light: #d9e680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4dc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.351,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84928,
    "c": 0.17433,
    "h": 118
  },
  "luminance": 0.63316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4DC42

secondary

#413290

accent

#3CEC58

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4DC42

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

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