#C4DD42#C4DD42

#C4DD42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.175 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C4DD42
RGBrgb(196, 221, 66)
HSLhsl(70, 70%, 56%)
HSVhsv(70, 70%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(11.3%, 0%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(83.88, -27.97, 69.24)
CIE-LCHlch(83.88, 74.67, 112.00°)
OKLaboklab(85.15% -0.0832 0.1545)
OKLCHoklch(85.15% 0.175 118.3)
XYZxyz(49.6058, 63.8424, 14.8628)
Luminance0.6384 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C4DD42 #5B42DD
analogous
#DDA842 #C4DD42 #77DD42
triadic
#C4DD42 #42C4DD #DD42C4
tetradic
#C4DD42 #42DDA8 #5B42DD #DD4277
square
#C4DD42 #42DDA8 #5B42DD #DD4277
split-complementary
#C4DD42 #4277DD #A842DD
monochromatic
#798C19 #A6BF22 #C4DD42 #D4E676 #E4F0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53
#C4DD42 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.77
#C4DD42 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4DD42
13.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C4DD42#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C4DD421.001.5313.7713.77
#FFFFFF1.531.0021.0021.00
#00000013.7721.001.001.00
##00000013.7721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#EBD127
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E9D24F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D0D1BF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c4dd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 221, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.175 118.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9e780',
    500: '#c4dd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c4dd42;
$custom-light: #d9e780;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c4dd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.677,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85149,
    "c": 0.17545,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C4DD42
secondary
#413291
accent
#3BEC58
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFCF2
border
#D5D5CC
text
#15160B
muted
#84847E

Preview Lab

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#C4DD42 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva