#C4DC49#C4DC49

#C4DC49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.170 H 118.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4DC49
RGB	rgb(196, 220, 73)
HSL	hsl(70, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(70, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 0%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.65, -27.10, 66.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.65, 71.75, 112.19°)
OKLab	oklab(84.98% -0.0801 0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(84.98% 0.17 118.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.5617, 63.4036, 15.9292)
Luminance	0.6340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4DC49 #6149DC

analogous

#DCAB49 #C4DC49 #7ADC49

triadic

#C4DC49 #49C4DC #DC49C4

tetradic

#C4DC49 #49DCAB #6149DC #DC497A

square

#C4DC49 #49DCAB #6149DC #DC497A

split-complementary

#C4DC49 #497ADC #AB49DC

monochromatic

#7C8F1C #A9C225 #C4DC49 #D5E67C #E5F0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#C4DC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.68

#C4DC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4DC49

13.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4DC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4DC49	1.00	1.54	13.68	13.68
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFD0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4dc49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 220, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.170 118.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9e684',
    500: '#c4dc49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4dc49;
$custom-light: #d9e684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4dc49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.796,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84979,
    "c": 0.16976,
    "h": 118.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4DC49

secondary

#443594

accent

#3DEB59

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4DC49

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

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