#C4D596#C4D596

#C4D596 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.085 H 120.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4D596
RGB	rgb(196, 213, 150)
HSL	hsl(76, 43%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(76, 30%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 0%, 29.6%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.66, -16.16, 29.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.66, 33.47, 118.86°)
OKLab	oklab(84.48% -0.0433 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(84.48% 0.085 120.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.0638, 61.5264, 37.9812)
Luminance	0.6153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4D596 #A796D5

analogous

#D5C696 #C4D596 #A4D596

triadic

#C4D596 #96C4D5 #D596C4

tetradic

#C4D596 #96D5C6 #A796D5 #D596A4

square

#C4D596 #96D5C6 #A796D5 #D596A4

split-complementary

#C4D596 #96A4D5 #C696D5

monochromatic

#90AC45 #ABC46A #C4D596 #DDE6C2 #F3F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#C4D596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.31

#C4D596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4D596

13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4D596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4D596	1.00	1.58	13.31	13.31
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDCE92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCE99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CACFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4d596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 213, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.085 120.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6e1b5',
    500: '#c4d596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4d596;
$custom-light: #d6e1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4d596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.19,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84479,
    "c": 0.08526,
    "h": 120.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4D596

secondary

#7764AB

accent

#30B654

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4D596

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

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