#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
RGB	rgb(196, 221, 66)
HSL	hsl(70, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(70, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 0%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.88, -27.97, 69.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.88, 74.67, 112.00°)
OKLab	oklab(85.15% -0.0832 0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(85.15% 0.175 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.6058, 63.8424, 14.8628)
Luminance	0.6384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##C4DD42	1.00	1.53	13.77	13.77
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #C4DD42

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

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